Letter: Help the COVID-19 unemployed in Utah
(Kristin Murphy | Deseret News/pool) Gov. Gary Herbert speaks during a daily media briefing about COVID-19 at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
By Gaylen Nebeker | The Public Forum
| April 8, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
| Updated: April 7, 2020, 11:16 p.m.
As employers are forced to lay off their entire staff, Gov. Gary Herbert could be waiving the one-week waiting period for unemployment benefits and rush resources to help the Department of Workforce Services speed payments, as other states have done.
Gaylen Nebeker, Salt Lake City
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