States Look for Ways to Pay Back Unemployment Loans
During the recession caused by COVID-19, a number of states had to borrow money, in the form of unemployment loans, from the federal government to be able to continue paying [...]
President Announces Increase in Anti-Unemployment Insurance Fraud Effort
President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday, March 1st during his State of the Union address that he intended to appoint a chief prosecutor to investigate cases of unemployment insurance fraud. [...]
What is a 1099-G Form?
What’s this 1099-G Form I Just Got? If you received unemployment benefits last year, chances are you may have received something new in the mail: a 1099-G form. Hang onto [...]
Unemployment Insurance Fraud: How A Modernized, Modular U.I. System Could Fix the Problem
Unemployment Insurance fraud was one of the biggest problems in the unemployment insurance benefits world during the economic downturn associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s estimated by the U.S. Department [...]
Department of Labor to Award Unemployment Insurance Grants to States
States can apply to the federal government for an American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Unemployment Insurance grant of up to $3 million to help provide unemployment insurance services to underserved [...]
Unemployment Insurance Statistics for 2022 – Initial Claims and Predictions
As we’re coming up on almost two years since the COVID-19 epidemic reached the United States, with its concurrent economic disruption, what are the unemployment insurance statistics in the U.S. [...]