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NJ's Unemployment System Restored After Nearly 24-Hour Outage NJ's Unemployment System Restored After Nearly 24-Hour Outage
NJ's Unemployment System Restored After Nearly 24-Hour Outage UPDATE: The system was restored on Monday morning. New Jersey's unemployment nightmare even worse Sunday morning. "The server is temporarily unavailable," was the message that flashed on the website for many users simply trying to log into their accounts on the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce website. The began sometime after 9 a.m. Sunday and was restored around 7 a.m. Monday. Users were able to check their claim status, but unable to log into their accounts, many said. Many residents took to Twitter to alert the department the system was down. Thousands of others have been tweeting…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Workless NJ: Ex-Bakery Manager Among Thousands Of Unemployed Wondering 'When?' Workless NJ: Ex-Bakery Manager Among Thousands Of Unemployed Wondering 'When?'
Workless NJ: Ex-Bakery Manager Among Thousands Of Unemployed Wondering 'When?' Every morning, Jenn Polizzano-Demaria of Hawthorne wakes up and hopes for answers. Formerly the director of operations for Mr. Cupcakes, Demaria applied for unemployment benefits with the state's labor department late last month.  Nearly four weeks later, she doesn't know if she's been approved -- and couldn't begin to guess when she'll find out. She's not alone. New Jersey has paid about $1 billion in unemployment benefits since the COVID-19 outbreak began in March, the NJ Department of Labor and Worksforce said Thursday.  The payments went to some 556,000 residents -- a 560% increase …

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by Jon Craig