What is the name of your state? Ohio
I filed for unemployment after I was laid off in April. I had a severance with the company I worked for and disclosed that in my initial filing. Unemployment office asked for more information so I scanned and sent them my entire signed severance agreement. I contacted ODJFS to make sure they had all the paperwork and information they needed and was told by the rep that everything looked good and to continue filing weekly while my determination was being processed. So I did. My UI was allowed on 4/25/2019 and they began depositing payments into an account. Apparently the original UI decision stated that I was not eligible for payments during the time period of my severance, I didn't notice this, but they began payments anyways. Almost 3 months later, on 7/17/2019 I get a notice of re determination stating that due to a "typographical or clerical error" (non-fraud) I was overpaid and now owe $2015.00 and they will be offsetting my entire unemployment and possibly sending this to collection if not paid back.
I contacted the office again because this was my only source of income and was told to file an appeal and it would stop the offset while the appeal was being decided. This was another piece of negligence and incompetence of ODJFS because it didn't stop the off payments. My appeal was denied. I was looking online and couldn't find anything on Ohio's unemployment website about waivers for overpayments and if they are possible in Ohio. I found on the Dept. of Labor's website a state by state listing of when a waiver can be issued and Ohio states that when it is a "Agency Error" a waiver can be issued for overpayments caused by no fault of the claimant. The person I asked from the Office of Unemployment didn't even know what I was talking about and after having me on hold for 10+ minutes said it would handled in the appeal.
I was hoping someone on here might know if a waiver is possible in Ohio since I can't get a direct answer from anyone that is supposed to give that information and if this seems like a case where a waiver might be possible since this was not my fault.
I filed for unemployment after I was laid off in April. I had a severance with the company I worked for and disclosed that in my initial filing. Unemployment office asked for more information so I scanned and sent them my entire signed severance agreement. I contacted ODJFS to make sure they had all the paperwork and information they needed and was told by the rep that everything looked good and to continue filing weekly while my determination was being processed. So I did. My UI was allowed on 4/25/2019 and they began depositing payments into an account. Apparently the original UI decision stated that I was not eligible for payments during the time period of my severance, I didn't notice this, but they began payments anyways. Almost 3 months later, on 7/17/2019 I get a notice of re determination stating that due to a "typographical or clerical error" (non-fraud) I was overpaid and now owe $2015.00 and they will be offsetting my entire unemployment and possibly sending this to collection if not paid back.
I contacted the office again because this was my only source of income and was told to file an appeal and it would stop the offset while the appeal was being decided. This was another piece of negligence and incompetence of ODJFS because it didn't stop the off payments. My appeal was denied. I was looking online and couldn't find anything on Ohio's unemployment website about waivers for overpayments and if they are possible in Ohio. I found on the Dept. of Labor's website a state by state listing of when a waiver can be issued and Ohio states that when it is a "Agency Error" a waiver can be issued for overpayments caused by no fault of the claimant. The person I asked from the Office of Unemployment didn't even know what I was talking about and after having me on hold for 10+ minutes said it would handled in the appeal.
I was hoping someone on here might know if a waiver is possible in Ohio since I can't get a direct answer from anyone that is supposed to give that information and if this seems like a case where a waiver might be possible since this was not my fault.