IL HB1111

Expands the definition of unemployment insurance fraud in the Unemployment Insurance Act to include failing to notify the Department when quitting, being discharged, or refusing work, and failing to look for work while reporting to the Department that work was sought.

Individuals committing fraud must repay benefits received and face ineligibility for 6 weeks after the first offense and 2 additional weeks for each subsequent offense, with a maximum 26-week ineligibility period or 2-year limitation.

Requires all unemployment benefit application and claim forms to include a permanent statement warning that providing false, incomplete, or misleading information is a crime with penalties including imprisonment, fines, and denial of benefits.

Mandates employers and other persons to promptly provide information to law enforcement or the Department when requested to detect, prosecute, or prevent unemployment insurance fraud, subject to legal privileges.

Requires employers and persons with reasonable belief that unemployment insurance fraud has occurred or will occur to disclose relevant information to law enforcement or the Department, subject to legal privileges.