Thousands told to return unemployment overpayment
The erroneous notices were sent Sept. 9 and 10 to people who applied for benefits on March 29 and 30
Associated Press
A programming mistake caused more than 4,000 out-of-work Louisiana residents to get notices saying they’d been overpaid thousands of dollars in unemployment compensation and had to return the money, officials say.
“I apologize,†Louisiana Workforce Commission Ava Dejoie told The Advocate. She said incorrectly programmed computers miscalculated benefits and automatically sent the notices to people who applied on two days in March.
The commission has sent nearly 8,500 “cancellation adjustment notices†to more than 4,300 people, commission media office staffer Frededreia “Dede†Dunham wrote in an email Friday to The Associated Press. Most people got two overpayment notices, one for state payments and one for federal payments, she said.
“There are around 20 overpayment cases that have not been canceled yet. There are variations within these cases which require further steps to be taken before canceling,†she wrote.
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