Government watchdogs are pleading with Congress to act, asking House lawmakers in two public hearings held this year to give prosecutors ... billion in unemployment insurance benefits were paid ...

Pandemic unemployment assistance benefits ... However, the panel said the trial court improperly distinguished the benefits as “income” and clarified that the benefits provided to the ...

The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill this week that would let states keep 25% of any money they recover that was fraudulently obtained or improperly given out. In an effort to recoup the ...

Jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending March 18 fell by 1,000 to 191,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department ...

A fraud expert says he is not surprised at the scope of fraud committed during the pandemic with unemployment benefits in ...

When a worker applies for unemployment insurance after losing a job the first time, what he or she is really applying for is a certain number of weeks’ worth of benefits during the 52-week ...

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If you're collecting Social Security, your benefit won't be reduced if you're receiving unemployment checks at the same time. However, receiving Social Security benefits may affect the size of ...

The term unemployment claim refers to the request for cash benefits made by an individual after they are laid off from their job. Claims are filed through state governments for temporary payments ...

New Jersey was approved late Friday for an expanded $300 unemployment benefit created by President Donald Trump after Congress couldn’t agree on a new stimulus plan. But that doesn’t mean the ...

Just a small percentage of the at least $60 billion in unemployment ... give investigators and prosecutors more time to pursue groups and individuals implicated in unemployment fraud. “We’re already ...