Repeal the Offset Now

Repeal the Offset Now Illinois pays less unemployment -- sometimes nothing -- to older workers on Social Security. ONLY Illinois still enforces the Social Security offset.

Every year more than 17,600 older workers in Illinois get unemployment insurance payments that are drastically lower than what they should receive. Some unemployed older workers get ZERO. A law called the Social Security offset has been short-changing Illinois seniors since 1980. It's not fair. Employers pay the full amount into the unemployment fund for every eligible worker. They don’t pay less

for workers who are older and on Social Security. Therefore, older workers in Illinois who are on Social Security should get their full unemployment payments. But they don't. Legislation to repeal the Social Security offset law has been introduced in Springfield since 2002. Not one bill has made it to the floor of the General Assembly. But in 2009, a new effort to repeal the offset began. It was gaining so much momentum and gathering so much support that the opponents of repeal had a section inserted into a necessary 2011 budget bill that established the Social Security Retirement Pay Task Force. The sole purpose of the task force was to delay action on offset repeal for at least two to three years -- and maybe, if they were lucky, to kill it.

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12/06/2015

It's official. On Dec. 4, 2015, the governor signed the bill to repeal the 35-year-old social security offset. Many thanks to AARP, Rep. Cassidy and Sen. Steans and their colleagues, Mark Brown of the Sun-Times, the offset victims who shared their stories, Rep. May, Tim Drea of the AFL-CiO, and Rick McHugh of the National Employment Law Project. For more information, go to repealoffsetnow.com.

12/03/2015

WE DID IT. The Illinois House unanimously passed offset repeal today. It goes to to the governor for his signature. It's OVER. As of January 3, 2016, the first day of the first reporting week of the new year, older workers in Illinois on Social Security will receive their FULL unemployment payments.

LET'S MAKE HISTORY -- We can end at least one form of age discrimination. On Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, the Illinois House...
11/26/2015

LET'S MAKE HISTORY -- We can end at least one form of age discrimination. On Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, the Illinois House of Representatives is supposed to vote on HB1285 to repeal the Social Security offset -- which has been denying unemployment benefits to older workers since 1980. 35 years. The Senate passed the legislation UNANIMOUSLY on Nov. 10. If it passes and the governor signs it, older workers on social security will finally receive their full unemployment benefits. Illinois is the only state that still enforces this provision. If you're a state representative, vote YES on HB1285. If you're an Illinois resident, ask you state representative to vote YES on HB1285. Not sure who your representative in Springfield is? Go to www.ilga.gov. Click on Legislator Lookup under Additional Resources (second column on my screen) then click on the MOBILE app and follow the prompts.

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10/05/2015

I'm sad to report that as far as I know, nothing has changed for Illinois seniors eligible for unemployment. The governor and legislature are too busy fighting with one another to give any thought -- as usual -- to older workers. Please check back from time to time.

Rep. Lou Lang and Sen. Patricia Van Pelt have signed on as sponsors of HB1366 and SB1225, the latest legislation to repe...
06/02/2015

Rep. Lou Lang and Sen. Patricia Van Pelt have signed on as sponsors of HB1366 and SB1225, the latest legislation to repeal the unfair social security offset rule. Thank you so much. Hundreds of thousands of older workers in Illinois have had their unemployment benefits slashed or denied since the unfair ruling was adopted in 1980. See www.repealoffsetnow.com for more information.

Only Illinois denies full unemployment benefits to workers on social security. Repeal the social security offset.

02/15/2015

We have a new governor of Illinois. I have no idea if Bruce Rauner even knows about the social security offset. I need a Republican to reach out to him. Any volunteers?

06/19/2014

I'm sorry -- and angry -- to report that bills to repeal the Social Security offset never made it out of committee -- again. In spite of efforts by Rep. Kelly Cassidy and Sen. Heather Steans, Illinois is about to go into its 35th year of cheating older workers out of their unemployment benefits. We are the ONLY state that still enforces this disgusting law.

05/11/2014

As of May 2014, the sponsors of HB3042 are State Representatives Kelly Cassidy, who introduced the bill, Elizabeth Hernandez, Eddie Lee Jackson Sr., Kelly Burke, Jerry Costello II, Mary Flowers, Deborah Mell, Donald Moffitt, Patricia Bellock, Emanuel Chris Welch, JoAnn Osmond, Marcus Evans Jr., Robert Pritchard, Maria Antonia Berrios, Adam Brown, Daniel Beiser, Brandon Phelps, Patrick Verschoore, Sam Yingling, La Shawn Ford, Sara Feigenholts, Kay Hatcher, John D'Amico, Camille Lilly, Michael Tryon, Lou Lang, Barbara Flynn Currie, William Davis, Esther Golar, Cynthia Soto and Jay Hoffman. Thank you all so much.

04/05/2014

Many thanks also to State Representative Mary Flowers for sponsoring HB3042. Just when I start to think no one cares about ordinary people, something wonderful like this happens.

03/27/2014

Four more state representatives signed on as sponsors of HB3042 to repeal the unfair social security offset -- John D'Amico, Camilly Y. Lilly, Michael W. Tryon and Lou Lang. On behalf of the 22,000 older workers of Illinois who get shortchanged by the offset every year, thank you so much.

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