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State continued unemployment claims remain over 700,000

by Weekly Editor
June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — The U.S. Department of Labor released statistics Thursday showing 705,878 Illinoisans received unemployment insurance for the week ending June 20.

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Another 102K Illinoisans file first-time jobless claims amid COVID-19 pandemic

by Weekly Editor
April 24, 2020April 24, 2020

The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday that 4.4 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims during the week that ended April 18, including 102,936 workers in Illinois.

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Another 200,000 Illinoisans file for unemployment claims

by Weekly Editor
April 9, 2020April 9, 2020

More than half a million Illinois workers have filed first-time unemployment claims in the four weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak first hit the labor market.

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Unemployment continues to soar amid COVID-19 outbreak

by Weekly Editor
April 7, 2020April 7, 2020

First-time unemployment claims skyrocketed again in Illinois and throughout the nation in the last week of March as businesses closed their doors or scaled back operations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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IDES Taking Steps to Address Unprecedented Volume of Unemployment Claims

by Weekly Editor
March 27, 2020March 27, 2020

Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced they are taking additional steps to address the unprecedented volume of unemployment benefit claims the department has fielded as a result of COVID-19.