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The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission will hire temporary employees to handle a sudden spike in calls from people seeking unemployment insurance benefits, said Jon Brock , executive director of the agency.
The waiting time for people calling for unemployment benefits jumped to 17 minutes and 26 seconds last week, which is way above the historical average of less than two minutes, said John Carpenter , public ...
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