Acting Labor Secretary pressures 53 states and territories to tackle unemployment insurance program fraud

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling is calling on governors to take action to target unemployment insurance program waste, fraud and abuse.
National Bureau of Economic Research

Social Insurance with Imperfect Eligibility Screening: Theory and Evidence from Pandemic UI

This paper studies social insurance with imperfect eligibility screening, focusing on Unemployment Insurance (UI) during its expansion in 2020 and 2021. We study the extent of imperfect screening by ...

Trump administration threatens unemployment assistance in every state

Trump threatens to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history - Labor chief is ‘putting governors on notice’ with administration’s crusade against alleged fraud ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

GAO Issues Report: Unemployment Insurance – DOL Needs to Address Substantial Pandemic UI Fraud and Reduce Persistent Risks

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-23-106586) entitled "Unemployment Insurance - DOL Needs to Address Substantial Pandemic UI Fraud and Reduce ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

Thune, Young, Colleagues Demand Update on Efforts to Recover Fraudulent Pandemic-Related Unemployment Benefits

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member of the ...
Forbes

Unemployment Benefits Can Raise Tax Questions—And Attract Scammers

If you lose your job, you may be eligible to collect unemployment benefits. Each state manages its own unemployment insurance program and pays its own benefits—those benefits are taxable for federal ...