Illinois Department Of Employment Security Launches New Website, Intended To Be More User-Friendly
The troubled Illinois Department of Employment Security has launched a new website they say will make things more user-friendly.
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The troubled Illinois Department of Employment Security has launched a new website they say will make things more user-friendly.
There was another uptick in unemployment claims in Illinois this week, and in the number of people waiting for answers about benefits.
Thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits were stolen by a local scammer, and nothing was done to stop them. CBS 2's Tara Molina is Working for Chicago to follow up on this fraud case, and asked why more is not being done to get that state money back – with fraud an issue not only plaguing the state's system, but costing big money.
With unemployment claims still at a high and calls for help still on the rise, we are not out of the woods in Illinois.
Arsons, bomb threats, and vandalism – we have been asking for months, and now for the first time, we are learning about the crimes keeping Illinois unemployment offices closed.
The Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Labor, Department of Employment Security, and Department of Transportation - we've tracked the scams that all of those state departments are dealing with right now.
The State of Illinois is making it possible for people to work and still collect unemployment – in an effort designed to prevent more layoffs.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday that he feels good about the direction in which the state is heading, on many levels.
A new U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General audit found that in Illinois it took an average of 48 days to initially pay claimants.
CBS 2 reporting has helped prompt calls for change at Illinois state unemployment offices.
Illinois' estimated claims are among 444,000total claims filed across the country last week.
After doing hundreds of stories on people's agonizing waits for benefits through the Illinois Department of Employment Security, we found two success stories Thursday.
Only days after expressing concerns about the safety of unlocking office doors at the Illinois Department of Employment Security, Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday confirmed a timeline for reopening that CBS 2 first reported two months ago.
With Illinois set to fully reopen in a month, will unemployment offices finally be opening too?
If the state made a mistake and started taking money from your unemployment benefits to make up for it, the federal government says they have up to a year to pay that money back.
Illinois Secretary of State's office facilities, courts, and utility offices are all open now – but our unemployment offices that many still desperately need remain closed.
More than one year into the coronavirus pandemic, a very real struggle persists for many people in Illinois as the job crisis continues to grow.
Robert Rybaltowski was going through an unbelievable struggle to get his unemployment benefits back.
A man lost his home, car, and everything waiting on a call from the Illinois Department of Employment Security - a call that never came.
A suburban man said unlike many others, he has gotten through many times to the Illinois Department of Employment Security – but it has ultimately been of no help.
Thousands of jobless Illinoisans are being ordered to pay up for an overpayment mistake by the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
The victims of fraudsters using the identity of strangers to get their hands on IDES money are now being told their state tax refunds will be withheld if they don't return money they never even received.
On Thursday, the director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security finally agreed to sit down with CBS 2's Tara Molina.
Scammers are now using government email addresses from cities in other states to send fraudulent messages claiming to be from the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security is investigating how one man's mother was registered as losing her job this month -- even though she died almost six years ago.
