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This Easy Form will help you make forms to appeal a decision by the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) denying you unemployment benefits after a Referee hearing. It creates a Notice of Appeal.
The Easy Form does not deliver your forms. You can download the forms and instructions at the end of the program.
Learn more about being denied unemployment benefits.This program will help you make your forms. It will ask questions for you to answer. At the end of the program, you will get completed forms and instructions. You can save and print them, or the program can email them to you.
Form completion time: 10 minutes to 15 minutes
You will be able to save your work in the middle of the program.
The button below takes you to another website to complete the guided interview. Learn more about Easy Forms.
The interview and forms are in English.
Can I use this program?
Use this program if you were denied unemployment benefits at a Referee hearing and you think the decision against you is wrong.
Note: If you have not made a request for a Referee hearing, use the Unemployment benefits request for a hearing program instead.
What do I need first?
To complete this program, you will need your referee decision letter denying unemployment benefits.
What documents will this create?
This program makes the following forms:
- Notice of Appeal
- Unemployment benefits appeal cover letter
Worried about doing this on your own? You may be able to get free legal help.
