Over 95,000 Unemployment Claims Filed In Illinois Last Week Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Illinois' estimated claims were among 900,000 filed across the country.
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Illinois' estimated claims were among 900,000 filed across the country.
IDES continues to blame the federal government for a lag in implementing a new law that could make life a whole lot easier for several people.
One woman has called the governor's office, her state senator, and the Illinois Department of Employment Security more than 50 times in search of help with an unemployment overpayment.
With the Illinois Department of Employment Security failing to address issues with unemployment claims properly, a Glenview man had to take them to court to get his benefits.
One of the biggest problems faced by the Illinois Department of Employment Security continues to be skyrocketing fraud claims.
Illinois' estimated claims last week were among 965,000 total filed across the country.
Illinois' estimated claims last week were among 787,000 total filed across the country.
In a double hit to those out of work during the pandemic, the State of Illinois has told some people to give back their unemployment money. On Wednesday, there was possible relief.
The state says it wants to hear from the people who got the personal information, but when those people call no one is listening.
The list of victims is getting longer – the unlucky residents whose names and Social Security numbers were shared with strangers by the State of Illinois.
Expanded unemployment benefits are set to run out Saturday for as many as 12 million Americans.
For comparison, during the same timeframe last year, 16,669 people filed claims in Illinois. That's a 770% increase.
News of a federal economic relief package means a lifeline for so many struggling in Illinois. The unemployment rate in Illinois is about 7 percent – nearly double what it was at the same time last year.
Unemployment keeps soaring. But there are still thousands who have been in the system and still are not getting paid.
Illinois' estimated claims last week were among 885,000 total filed across the country.
A La Grange Park woman has an active unemployment claim – and thanks to fraudsters, so does her father, who died more than a year ago.
We have heard from dozens of people in the past couple of weeks who say they are getting notices that they owe money back to the state.
ID.me software both verifies identities and weeds out bad actors in minutes, and the states that use it say they are seeing some success with the software.
Illinois' estimated claims last week were among 853,000 total filed across the country.
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Christina Hill finally got a job after 10 months of unemployment – but now, she is getting letters saying she should never have gotten unemployment money and she owes $30,000 back to the State of Illinois.
Right along with increasing unemployment claims in Illinois come increasing problems for people still struggling to get benefits or fighting to clear their names after being victims of fraud.
Illinois' estimated claims were among 712,000 total filed across the country last week.
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