Illinois Department of Employment Security

The audit noted that Illinois failed to follow federal recommendations issued in May 2020 to prevent some of the fraud. It wasn’t until September 2021 that IDES implemented the use of a multi-state crossmatching tool, according to the audit.

Illinois’ Department of Employment Security has received more than 1.3 million fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits since the start of the COVID-19…

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is teaming up with the FBI to investigate a spate of fraudulent unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

GOP lawmakers are again demanding answers from Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Employment Securities over the state’s processing of…

A group of Illinois Republican lawmakers is demanding Gov. J.B. Pritzker call a special session of the General Assembly to deal with persistent state…

Illinois unemployment offices have been closed to public access since the stay at home order was put in effect earlier this year. But Governor J.B.…

Illinois’ September unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s down by a tenth of a…

As big box stores continue to close, some worry Illinois isn't ready for the changing economy.The Toys R Us in Springfield sits across the street from a…

The latest data shows the number of unemployed Illinois residents is at its lowest since September of 2007.But officials with Governor Bruce Rauner's…

Unemployment continued to fall in Illinois in February, hitting 6 percent for the first time since 2008. The Illinois Department of Employment Security…