Unemployment benefits will generally continue for up to 26 weeks. See Benefits. An employer generally has 10 days to protest an employee's eligibility to receive unemployment benefits. See Filing Claims. Employers must follow certain notice, posting and recordkeeping requirements. See Notice and Posti...
The state’s 5 percent unemployment rate is the nation’s third-worst; its Black unemployment rate is second-worst. …Last year, more than 140,000 government workers and retirees in Illinois received more than $100,000 in salaries or pensions. …its unfunded state pensions liability has, ...
Beginning January 1, 2024, an employer’s obligation to complete “new hire reporting” will no longer be limited solely to employees but will also include newly hired independent contractors. During the summer 2023, the Illinois legislature approved amendments to the state’sUnemployment Insurance Ac...
In the United States, weekly unemployment compensation benefits are potentially available to workers who are temporarily unemployed. While each state may have slightly different requirements for receiving benefits, if your employer has decided to retire and leave you without a job, you may be eligible...
Before applying, ensure you are registered on the IllinoisJobLink, a platform that connects job seekers to employers. Even when you receive unemployment benefits, you are advised to keep looking for work on the platform. If a candidate’s application was rejected, IDES provides the option to ap...
For any local ordinances enacted or amended on or after January 1, 2024, an employer will be in compliance with the provisions of the local ordinance so long as the paid leave is greater than or equal to the benefits, rights, and remedies afforded under the Act. Notice and Recordkeeping ...
Gary Berg has been waiting on unemployment benefits since November – and he has also been waiting six weeks on a callback from the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
paymentsin the spring of 2020. The PUA program was established by the federal CARES Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020. That law provided, for the first time, unemployment benefits for workers who did not qualify for regular unemployment compensation like gig workers and the self-employed...
Over the course of five years, the bill was able to offer almost $4 billion from its unemployment compensation program to nearly 9 million veterans. [Pictured: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill in the Oval Office on June 22, 1944.] 1945: War Brides Act Sunday Truth /...
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