The suit is the latest challenge facing D.C.’s unemployment office, which struggled to keep up with thousands of claims filed during the pandemic.

DOES is also resuming the work-search requirement for unemployment insurance at the end of the month.

“I am simply done with excuses,” labor committee chairperson Elissa Silverman said to kick off an oversight hearing Wednesday.

The city’s Department of Employment Services is currently awaiting federal guidance.

It’s unclear when the new benefits will kick in, due to federal regulations and administrative costs.

District officials elaborated more on the allegations this week that as many as many as 150 current and former city employees allegedly drew unemployment insurance payments at the same time they earned their regular salaries.

The Department of Employment Services released the latest jobs figures this morning, and despite last month’s modest improvement, things are once again looking worse. The April unemployment rate for the District of Columbia was 9.9 percent, up 0.2 percent from the March 2009 rate and the exact same as the February 2009 rate. The figure also shows a 3.5 percent increase in the number of unemployed D.C. workers over the same month last year. Nationally,…