COLUMBUS – Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) Director Matt Damschroder this week provided the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Modernizatio
Some of the unemployment system’s challenges include processing large numbers of claims, protecting people’s personal information and state lawmakers not knowing the extent of the system’s operational problems.
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There is no shortage of unfortunate news on unemployment fraud in Ohio. Even beyond the recent announcement of the departure of Ohio Department of Job and Family Services’ (ODJFS) director, a leading expert from LexisNexis found that Ohio suffered greatly in preventing fraudulent unemployment claims compared to other states. This widespread fraud is attributed to record-high, pandemic-related unemployment claims, and has even affected Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted. No one is safe from fraudsters including Ohio reporters and the deceased. Of course, unemployment fraud isn’t a new issue for Ohio. In 2016, the state discovered more than 1,500 prison inmates received unemployment benefits. One reason for this was Ohio’s improper unemployment benefit payment rate, which was 30 percent higher than the federal standard between 2016 and 2019.