Unemployment insurance overpayments

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Unemployment insurance overpayments refer to unemployment insurance program benefits paid to individuals that they were not entitled to receive.

The following pages provide information about the primary causes of unemployment insurance overpayments, according to the U.S. Department of Labor:

Unemployment insurance overpayment types‎ (8 P)

Ability and availability to work issues (unemployment insurance)

Base period wage issues (unemployment insurance)

Dependent allowance issues (unemployment insurance)

Employment service (ES) registration issues (unemployment insurance)

Inadequate work search activity (unemployment insurance)

Misreported benefit year earnings (unemployment insurance)

Separation issues (unemployment insurance)

Unemployment insurance overpayments

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