CHICAGO (CBS) – New figures that unemployment in Illinois has worsened, not better.
CBS 2 political investigator Dana Kozlov has discovered a guy who is stranded without paintings or cash, and who does not get a no from the state unemployment office. Kevin McKay hasn’t had any source of income in 8 months and that counts.
McKay, 24, is also about to have a father and is about to be evicted from his component. It’s part of a wave of other people who have been fighting with the Illinois Occupational Safety Decomposer for months.
As closures continue, Illinois’ unemployment demand is, unsurprisingly, on the rise. IDES officials report 65,596 new applications, a 40% increase over the past week. And that only adds to McKay’s stress.
“You can’t take care of your family. You can’t take care of your next daughter,” McKay said. “Like you’re stressed, you know? For example, you don’t know what to do. “
This is because he is still looking to make unemployment benefits from Mach, after wasting his paintings at the Furious Spoon restaurant now closed in Pilsen. He said it had been implemented for unemployment and had earned letters indicating that he qualified.
McKay certified, but he never came.
“Not since March,” he says.
McKay, who is waiting for her daughter next month and has two months’ rent, said that after her first letters, she had another much more troubling one: she owed the state of Illinois $416 for an earlier over payment.
Baffled, McKay tried to call IDES to find out why the cash owed wasn’t just withdrawn from his benefits. I didn’t have any good luck on this mission.
McKay even turned to the IDES manual, which states that cash owed can be taken from long-term profits. Specifically, it says: “The amount recovered should not exceed 25% of your weekly benefit. “
Now, months after his efforts, McKay has no answers.
“I contacted myself several times and went through one person,” McKay said.
The hangover of spring unemployment disorders may now be spared with this new wave of claims. Another complainant told Kozlov that when he tried to certify his benefits online, he won a message that said, “Lately we are processing claims that have been filed. consult again later. “
And that’s after I could no longer have certified over the phone.
IDF officials have stated that formula innovations can resolve benefit disorders more quickly, but other people left in limbo, such as McKay, simply don’t buy it.
Kozlov: “What are you going to do?”
McKay: “I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m looking for everything I can do. I’ve reached out to you. I keep my hand together. But nothing ever changes.
McKay claimed his overpayment is considered non-fraudulent, so he doesn’t have weeks of penalty for complying, but he still doesn’t know why he doesn’t receive money.
As of Monday afternoon, IDE spokeswoman Rebecca Cisco was also unable to give express answers, as the branch was unable to communicate about express cases. But Cisco can only say that there is a formula in place for other troubled people and that McKay presses the right spark for their specific situation.
Then the cycle will continue.
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