Oklahoma expands eligibility for back-to-work cash incentive apnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from apnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Half of Oklahoma s unemployment claims possibly fraudulent, experts say Rebecca Pryor
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Criminals may have filed up to half of Oklahoman s unemployment claims over the past year, some experts say.
You may remember a few weeks ago, hundreds of out-of-work Oklahomans swarmed the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission s offices, claiming their way2go debit cards had been wrongfully flagged as fraudulent.
However, that s nothing compared to the thousands that were caught scamming the system, according to David McClellan, CEO and Founder of socialcatfish.com, a company studying the impacts and trends of unemployment scams. The amount of money that was lost through fraud and scams over the last 18 months is incredible, he said.
OESC Says It Is Reviewing Thousands Not Eligible For Back-To-Work Incentive news9.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news9.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Oklahomans can apply for the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission s back-to-work incentive program starting on Monday.
The initiative offers $1,200 to anyone who returns to work and works at least 32 hours a week for six weeks.
OESC Executive Director Shelley Zumwalt said it has around 200,000 people WHO have not returned to the workforce and there are 37% more job openings in the state than it had pre-pandemic. We re excited because the number keeps going down and hopefully we ll have a sub-four number here in the next couple months, said Zumwalt.
Extra federal unemployment benefits ended this weekend in Oklahoma.
The OESC said the state s unemployment rate is getting closer to pre-pandemic levels, falling 4% in May.
Oklahomans can apply for $1,200 back-to-work incentive starting Monday msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.