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Workless NJ: Lyndhurst Mom Has Idea For NJ Labor Department Workless NJ: Lyndhurst Mom Has Idea For NJ Labor Department
Workless NJ: Lyndhurst Mom Has Idea For NJ Labor Department Train us. Hire us. Call us. That's Liz Restrepo's message to the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce on behalf of the state's several thousand unemployed residents. After being temporarily laid off from her longtime job in product development and account management earlier this month as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lyndhurst mom of two had no choice but to file for unemployment insurance for the first time in her career. She says it became clear to her immediately that "the system is broken and probably understaffed," but says there could be a better, more efficient…

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by Cecilia Levine