New Federal Jobless Aid Post Slated for Worker Advocate Evermore

The Biden administration will appoint unemployment insurance guru Michele Evermore to a newly created role at the U.S. Labor Department to address the significant uptick in claims for jobless benefits due to the pandemic.

Evermore, currently a senior policy analyst at the left-leaning National Employment Law Project, will soon begin work as a DOL senior policy adviser on unemployment insurance, a position within the department’s Employment and Training Administration, according to three people briefed on the hire. The sources requested anonymity because they didn’t have approval to discuss personnel matters.

Evermore will join the administration after being a constant voice ...