Unemployment Insurance Director OCTOBER 2016 Collections Kate Shelby Unemployment Insurance Director State of Indiana
Indiana Program Performance 2014 Benefit Fraud Rate: 1.26% Overpayment Detection Rate: 48.45% Overpayment Recovery Rate: 20.63% Today Benefit Fraud Rate: 0.37% Overpayment Detection Rate: 93.55% Overpayment Recovery Rate: 165.4%
Treasury Offset Program Automated in a modernized system Focused on fraud debts first $1.1M in 2015 Then non-fraud failure to report earnings debts $11.5M and counting in 2016
Administrative Wage Garnishment Overview Goal of creating an automated collections tool Focus first on debtors with highest earnings and largest overpayments New chapter of the Indiana Code Section 22-4-13.3 Notice and protest rights for claimants Agency issues the order Employers are liable for failing to withhold garnishable amounts Employers may elect to collect a garnishment fee
Administrative Wage Garnishment Materials “last chance” letter to debtors Garnishment notice to debtors Employer garnishment packet Explanatory letter Instruction sheet and explanation of laws Garnishment order Employer certification Withholding calculation worksheet
Administrative Wage Garnishment Success As of 9/23/16 total collections $1,862,559.20 garnishments $885,444.26 voluntary payments $473,369.70 tax intercepts $485,841.74 benefit offsets $17,903.50 Voluntary payoffs 38 Involuntary payoffs 21
Kate Shelby (317)234-8376 kshelby@dwd.in.gov Unemployment Insurance Director State of Indiana (317)234-8376 kshelby@dwd.in.gov