CHICAGO (WLS) Relief may be in sight for thousands of unemployed people across the country who were told they were overpaid by the state.
Now there may be legislation that could allow claimants to keep the money they were told to give back. I m on unemployment for a reason. Like, I don t have work and so I don t have a way of paying that back, said Jeff Kmiec, who reached out to the ABC 7 I-Team.
The ABC 7 I-Team has heard from dozens of unemployed Illinois residents, like Kmiec, who filed for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance through IDES. They ve been told to come up with thousands of dollars to pay back to the state after being overpaid.