A major change at the top of Nevada’s employment department.
Its director is stepping down.
This comes as the department is under fire for the way it’s handled a record amount of unemployment claims during this coronavirus pandemic.
Jeremy Chen reports.
IT'S DIRECTOR IS STEPPINGDOWN.THIS COMES....AS THE DEPARTMENT IS UNDER FIREFOR THE WAY....IT'S HANDLED....A RECORD AMOUNT OF UNEMPLOYMENTCLAIMS.....DURING THIS CORONA-VIRUSPANDEMIC.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER....JEREMY CHEN IS LIVE TO BREAKDOWN....THE MOVE.... THAT WAS MADE.JEREMY...THIS NEWS CAME AS GOVERNORSTEVE SISOLAK NAMED AN INTERIMDIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT-AND SHE'LL HAVE A LOT OF WORKTO DO WITH THE EMPLOYMENTDEPARTMENT SWAMPED WITH CLAIMS.THE NEVADA DEPARTMENT OFTRAINING AND REHABILITATIONWILL SEE A NEW LEADER- AFTERDIRECTOR TIFFANY TYLER-GARNERSTEPPED DOWN FROM HER ROLE.SHE HAD BEEN WITH THE AGENCYSINCE EARLY LAST YEAR.GOVERNOR STEVE SISOLAK GIVINGTHANKS FOR HER SERVICE- ANDWISHING HER WELL AS SHE MOVESON.TAKING HER PLACE IS HEATHERKORBULIC WHO BECOMES THEINTERIM DIRECTOR.SHE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OFNEVADA HEALTH LINK.GOVERNOR SISOLAK SAYS SHE WILLBRING "A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGEAND EXPERTISE IN COORDINATEDPROJECT MANAGEMENT ANDSTRATEGIC PROBLEM- SOLVING".KORBULIC TAKES OVER AN AGENCYSWAMPED BY UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS.DETR HAS SEEN ABOUT 370THOUSAND UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMSFILED OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKSSINCE BUSINESSES WERE SHUTDOWN.THAT'S ABOUT A QUARTER OF THESTATE'S WORKFORCE.COMPLAINTS CONTINUE TO BE MADEBY PEOPLE WANTING TO ACCESSBENEFITS- WITH STUCK PHONELINES AND ONLINE FRUSTRATIONS.U-N-L-V ECONOMICS PROFESSORSTEPHEN MILLER SAYS THE AGENCYWAS NEVER BUILT TO HANDLE THISVOLUME-BUT SAYS THE DEPARTMENTIS DOING WHAT IT CAN."THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLEWORKING VERY HARD AT DETR TOTRY TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION."HE SAYS THE STRUGGLES WITH"THE GOOD NEWS IS, THE NUMBEROF INITIAL CLAIMS FILED CAN'TCONTINUE LIKE THIS FOR VERYMUCH LONGER." WHY TYLER-GARNERDECIDED TO STEP DOWN ASDIRECTOR WAS NOT EXPLAINED.WE DID REACH OUT TO TYLERGARNER HERSELF FOR COMMENT BUTWE DIDN'T HEAR BACK.THE INTERIM DIRECTOR SAYSSHE'LL BE READY TO SPEAK ONCESHE'S ABLE TO TRANSITION INTOHER NEW ROLE.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWSMORE THAN 26 MILLION AMERICANSHAVE FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENTSINCE THE CORONAVIRUS HIT THE
A major change at the top of Nevada’s employment department. Its director is stepping down. This comes as the department is under..