Summary: While attending a workshop put on by Employment Security (unemployment office), I came to realize the misconceptions about the office. What misconceptions exist about us and our business.
Last week I attended a workshop on protesting unemployment claims put on by the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). When you have been in Human Resources for a long time, it’s hard to believe you can learn something new about unemployment. After all like you, we have the same preconceived ideas about IDES. They are:
- They favor the employees
- They believe employees are always right
- They always grant unemployment, regardless of the circumstance
- They are not determining whether or not someone should be dismissed
- They are making determinations based on “unemployment laws”
- Employers as a general rule either provide not enough information or the wrong type of information
- They make a determination based on the last incident









