Virginia Employment Commission [VEC]

Good evening,

I received VEC determinations for monetary eligibility detailing a set amounts through the end of 2020 and 2021 and I have yet to receive my money. I have done everything I can within my reach to submit the correct documentation and try to get a hold of anyone and have not received any response from anyone to know what is wrong and why I have not received my benefits.

I am in desperate need of assistance. I'm a single mom of a 7-year trying to survive and get through a pandemic without loosing my home. Please help. I can provide the necessary documentation as proof of my eligibility to receive monetary assistance/VEC benefits. I'm owed months of unemployment benefits.

Please help.

Tania Estrada

On Sunday, June 28, 2020, I filed for the week ending July 4, 2020. I had not been back to my part- time employment until I was asked to come in on Saturday, July 4, 2020. I reported my hours and wages earned from that day at approximately $75.00, which was miscalculated. I received $46.18, so my weekly benefits should have been what's stipulated to me minus the $46.18. I did not receive my weekly filed unemployment benefits, which would have been directly deposited into my checking account on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. I was counting on this! I thought that there may have been an error, and the missed benefit would be directly deposited along with the next one. It wasn't. This occurred prior to the exhaustion of the benefits on Saturday, July 25, 2020. This isn't right! Therefore, I'm requesting to receive this back pay for that week, because this was not my error. This isn't fair to me, due to the COVID-19 conditions. I've made numerous calls to [protected], Monday- Fridays (designated times), and the extended days on Saturdays, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. almost every 10- 15 minutes a day, up until now. In addition, I called [protected], with no staff member to answer. The line is constantly busy, so, today, Thursday, July 30, 2020, I drove to the VEC Office, Alexandria, VA., in hopes of getting my matter resolved. Only to see that the office is closed. I understand that due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic that certain offices hours vary or may be closed. The recorded information needs to be updated that this office is closed, so that others want be inconvenienced. There was a lady there as well thinking that the office was opened. Thank you for your cooperation and time. Clarence Baskin