11/29/2023 0 Comments Sc dew overpayment![]() ![]() The attorney says she just had her hearing last week on that appeal. Van der Horst says she has a client that was approved for benefits in April of last year and her client’s employer appealed. The attorney says the approval and appeal processes are slowed down due to spike in claims. What we’re seeing now is that it is taking months and months and months.” While normally it would take maybe three weeks to six weeks for the entire process to be completed including a hearing on the initial determination. ![]() “Then usually what has happened is the employer has appealed. “I’m seeing mostly in this case is that individuals were initially approved for unemployment benefits through that initial process and they received benefits,” van der Horst said. South Carolina Legal Services Employment Law Unit Head and staff attorney Stephanie van der Horst says some claimants are finding out that they may not be qualified to receive benefits much later ,after initial approval due, to the high volume of claims the department is handling. If it’s determined at a later date that the information provided to the agency was not accurate, this can cause an overpayment notice. DEW says it provides a determination of eligibility or ineligibility on a claim based on the information provided by the claimant at the time of the initial claim. ![]()
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