After three-year pause, state begins clawbacks of $719 million of jobless benefit overpayments

After three-year pause, state begins clawbacks of $719 million of jobless benefit overpayments
In 2020 and 2021, the pandemic unleashed an unprecedented amount of unemployment benefits for millions of workers in Massachusetts after the economy was largely shut down. The Healey administration is now moving ahead with a plan to deal with overpayment of those benefits to some.