IDES acting director responds to criticism about Illinois unemployment benefits delays, fraud – ABC7 (Chicago)

"When the pandemic started we had roughly 100 people in place that were responsible for answering up to 1.8 million calls a week; it was very chaotic to the agency, it was a very chaotic for claimants." said Richards. "I want to say please stay with us. We're in a one to two week turnaround time right now for calls."

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