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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — WorkForce West Virginia announces the next date in a series of Statewide Virtual Job Fairs. Both employers and job seekers are invited to participate in the virtual event on Wednesday, Jan. 4 from 12:00 – 3:00 pm. “As we kick off our first Statewide Virtual Job Fair of 2023, we’re thrilled to…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — WorkForce West Virginia announces the next date in a series of Statewide Virtual Job Fairs. Both employers and job seekers are invited to participate in the virtual event on Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 12:00 – 3:00 pm. “We have seen unprecedented turnouts at the past two Statewide Virtual Job Fairs,” said Scott Adkins,…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — WorkForce West Virginia announces the next date in a series of Statewide Virtual Job Fairs. Both employers and job seekers are invited to participate in the virtual event on Nov. 2 from 12:00 – 3:00 pm. “We had a wonderful kickoff to our Statewide Virtual Job Fair series last month,” said Scott…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — WorkForce West Virginia announces a series of Statewide Virtual Job Fairs. Held the first Wednesday of every month from 12:00 – 3:00 pm, these events will kick off October 5 through June 2023. “Workforce West Virginia has been conducting virtual job fairs since August 2021,” said Scott Adkins, Acting Commissioner of WorkForce…

CHARLESTON, W.VA. — WorkForce West Virginia has concluded an investigation of a potential security incident involving the Mid Atlantic Career Consortium Employment Services database, or “MACC” website. After learning of this incident, WorkForce immediately took the system offline. The security incident was investigated. The risk assessed and the agency engaged a professional third-party forensic firm to manage on-going risk mitigation.  “Mitigating any…

CHARLESTON, W.VA. — WorkForce West Virginia warns a fraudulent texting scam has been launched throughout West Virginia and the nation. WorkForce officials say people are receiving text alerts with the following message: “Your West Virginia Unemployment Insurance Claim account is currently on hold for verification, Please complete your verification by following the instructions in the link below…

CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Gov. Jim Justice and WorkForce West Virginia Acting Commissioner Scott Adkins announced today that Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits are available to qualifying individuals living or working in Kanawha, Cabell, Mingo and Wayne counties, which were designated as major disaster areas by the governor and President Joe Biden on May 20. Kanawha, Cabell, Mingo and Wayne counties experienced significant flooding on Feb. 27, 2021. Individuals living or working in Kanawha,…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Effective June 19 at midnight, West Virginia will end its participation in all federally funded pandemic unemployment compensation programs. “West Virginians have access to thousands of jobs right now,” said Governor Jim Justice. “We need everyone back to work. Our small businesses and West Virginia’s economy depend on it.” Federal pandemic unemployment programs set…

CHARLESTON, WV – On the evening of April 12, WorkForce West Virginia experienced a connectivity issue that caused an Automated Clearing House (ACH) overnight transfer to fail as it was being transferred to an outside payment vendor. As a result, 4,432 people did not receive their unemployment benefits as scheduled. This issue has been resolved and…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — WorkForce West Virginia has mailed 1099-Gs to nearly 200,000 individuals who received unemployment benefits last year and is urging recipients to be on guard against fraud and identity theft. The agency recently mailed the tax forms to individuals who received regular state unemployment benefits, pandemic unemployment assistance (PUA), pandemic emergency unemployment compensation (PEUC), federal…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — WorkForce West Virginia announced today it is awaiting guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor on the CARES Act unemployment extension provisions contained in H.R. 133. The extension was signed into law on Sunday, December 27, 2020. “While we wait on additional Federal guidance, I have directed WorkForce West Virginia to be prepared…

CHARLESTON, W.VA. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has ended its Lost Wages Assistance Program, which provided an additional $300 a week in unemployment benefits to qualified claimants in West Virginia and other states. WorkForce West Virginia will continue to pay eligible claimants for as long as existing FEMA funds are available, but agency officials say they…