Washington State Unemployment review: Temporary unemployment insurance claim

I applied for benefits on November 8, 2022.

has been 5 weeks now and the Washington Department of Unemployment has not started the process of adjudication by assigning anyone.

It would just be nice if they would start hiring people back that were forced out because of not being vaccinated, so that when someone has a claim it can be dealt with quickly instead of making people wait.

Bills are generally due monthly for everyone, three weeks should be a target MAXIMUM goal of this department so that people that are already looking for work, do not fail and lose their homes in the meantime.