Furloughed workers can now file for unemployment benefits

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Governor Roy Cooper wants furloughed workers to get some relief. 

On Tuesday, the Governor issued an executive order to help them receive unemployment benefits.

"I have signed a new executive order today to help furloughed workers whose employers have paid them a severance, or a furlough payment," Governor Cooper said, "Before this order, these employees were ineligible for unemployment compensation. With this order, they now qualify."

According to the North Carolina Division for Employment Security, 630,000 people have already filed for unemployment.

With many people out of work and need help, furloughed workers represent the newest category of beneficiaries of unemployment funds.

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