IL Employers Unable to Compete with Unemployment?

Part of the process of certifying unemployment benefits includes Illinois employers appealing claims, but more than a year into the pandemic, one employer says that’s not happening.

With more open and warmer months ahead, businesses are having problems finding employees to come back to work. Some blame generous unemployment benefits.

More than 15,000 Illinoisans filed for additional unemployment benefits last week.

That’s nearly 1,000 more than filed for the expanded traditional benefits than the week before. More than 2,200 independent contractors also applied for benefits, a decrease of around 200 from the week before.

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