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TRENTON – By a vote of 37 to 1, the full Senate today approved a bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono and Senator Fred Madden, Jr., which would institute efficiencies in the unemployment insurance (UI) system that would benefit laid-off workers and employers alike, while also protecting those in dire financial circumstances from certain abuses that have recently come to light.

Sen. Buono noted that the bill (S-1968) was prompted, in part, by an April report in the New York Times highlighting the deceptive and deliberately protracted practices employed by the Talx Corporation, which handles roughly 30 percent of the nation’s jobless claims, including many of the largest employers, such as Wal-Mart, AT&T, Tyson’s Foods, Marriot and McDonald’s. The company has been accused of intentionally trying to prevent the unemployed from collecting benefits.

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono and Senator Fred Madden, Jr., which would institute efficiencies in the unemployment insurance (UI) system that would benefit laid-off workers and employers alike, while protecting those in dire financial circumstances from certain abuses that have recently come to light, was approved by the Senate Labor Committee today.

Sen. Buono noted that the bill (S-1968) was prompted, in part, by a recent report in the New York Times highlighting the deceptive and deliberately protracted practices employed by the Talx Corporation, which handles roughly 30 percent of the nation’s jobless claims, including many of the largest employers, such as Wal-Mart, AT&T, Tyson’s Foods, Marriot and McDonald’s. The company has been accused of intentionally trying to prevent the unemployed from collecting benefits.