CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is fast-tracking the hiring of temporary unemployment office workers to deal with a wave of benefits claims that followed the mid-March closure of casinos and other businesses in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Monday that letting the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation hire contractors and rehire retirees or former employees to process claims should help get insurance benefits more quickly to more out-of-work Nevadans.
The state jobless office has been overwhelmed by filings from what amounts to one in three people who had jobs in February.
