"Out of work and challenged on benefits, too"

I go to sleep to one outrage and wake up to another.

. But for a growing proportion of U.S. workers, the troubles really set in when they apply for unemployment benefits.

More than a quarter of people applying for such claims have their rights to the benefit challenged as employers increasingly act to block payouts to former workers.

A Quarter as in 25% as in almost a million claims in the last 6 months? WTF?  I realize this is at the State level , but many of these employers have national operations.