CHICAGO (WLS) -- All this week, the ABC 7 I-Team is taking a closer look into Illinois' unemployment system as people continue to report problems nearly every day since the pandemic started. It's a ...
Contract workers and freelancers in Illinois who have found themselves out of work due to the pandemic can now file for federally-funded unemployment benefits. The state opened its Pandemic ...
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has acknowledged a security lapse that exposed the private information of independent contractors and the self-employed. IDES blamed the security ...
An audit released on June 16 of the Illinois Department of Employment Security found that half of federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits the agency paid out during the height of the ...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- The State of Illinois is taking money out of one woman's paycheck for every cent she got in unemployment – saying she never should have received the benefits they approved. But we've ...
Nearly 50,000 more Illinoisans filed for unemployment this week and the I-Team is getting more complaints about call center delays. One viewer told ABC7 that they're worried about a recent data breach ...