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Increase in Unemployment Claims Brings Heightened Risk of Fraud: How Employers and Employees Should Respond | Perkins Coie
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As new unemployment claims rise, impostors seek to scam the unemployment system at the cost of the state, employees, and employers. Here’s how to respond to, and lower the risk of, fraudulent unemployment claims.
Spike in Unemployment Fraud Accompanies Increased Claims to ESD
As many businesses are forced to furlough or lay off employees in the wake of COVID-19, unemployment claims have spiked precipitously. Although the number of unemployment claims filed with the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) per week has fallen from the early-April high of 182,000, the ESD continues to receive around 100,000 new claims per week as of May 9, 2020.
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As new unemployment claims rise, impostors seek to scam the unemployment system at the cost of the state, employees, and employers. Here’s how to respond to, and lower the risk of, fraudulent unemployment claims.
Spike in Unemployment Fraud Accompanies Increased Claims to ESD
As many businesses are forced to furlough or lay off employees in the wake of COVID-19, unemployment claims have spiked precipitously. Although the number of unemployment claims filed with the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) per week has fallen from the early-April high of 182,000, the ESD continues to receive around 100,000 new claims per week as of May 9, 2020.