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Missouri will demand repayment of any unemployment money it paid in error to residents since the COVID-19 pandemic began — regardless of whether the overpayments came from state or federal funds, the director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said Monday
Originally published on February 3, 2021 10:10 am Missouri lawmakers filed several bills Tuesday to keep the state from collecting unemployment money from 46,000 Missourians it accidentally overpaid. The move comes after two days of intense questioning of Department of Labor Director Anna Hui. During a meeting of the House Special Committee on Government Oversight on Tuesday, Hui revealed that the department overpaid $150 million in state and federal unemployment benefits last year, or about 3% of all the money paid out. Hui said those are full-year figures. The department previously told...
Missourinet You are here: Home / Missouri House oversight committee chair wants to make sure unemployment issue is being handled correctly (AUDIO) Missouri House oversight committee chair wants to make sure unemployment issue is being handled correctly (AUDIO) The Missouri House oversight committee chair says the state overpaid more than $100 million in unemployment benefits last year, and he’s hearing that some residents are being told they’ll have to repay up to $12,000. State Rep. Jered Taylor, R-Nixa, speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on January 13, 2021, as State ...