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Labor commissioner seeks staff increases and capital funding as UI trust fund lags target
Summary
The Department of Labor requested funding for new collection agents, customer-service representatives and auditors to bolster unemployment insurance enforcement and service delivery, and proposed $6.7 million in capital funding for a downtown Atlanta facility. Commissioner Barbara Bear Holmes said the UI trust fund balance remains below federal solvency guidance.
Labor Commissioner Barbara Bear Holmes told the General Government Appropriations Subcommittee the Department of Labor is pursuing a broad modernization of unemployment insurance technology and operations and requested targeted funding in the FY27 budget to support that work.
Holmes asked for $1,642,557 to fund 20 collection agents, saying the positions are projected to generate about $11.3 million in recovered payments, penalties and interest; she argued the additional staff would produce a measurable return on investment. The department also…
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