MD remains behind on thousands of unemployment claims after 2022 settlement

After settling a lawsuit in 2022 over an ineffective unemployment insurance system and agreeing to reform the state’s overwhelmed claims process, the Maryland Department of Labor is still failing to make timely payments to thousands of people who are out of work and awaiting their benefits. Claimants and attorneys who sued the state in 2021 have blamed then-Labor Secretary Tiffany Robinson, who was in the role during former Republican Gov.