The Illinois Department of Employment Security is the state agency that pays unemployment benefits, collects unemployment taxes and provides career and labor market information.

The local office of IDES is located at the Workforce Connection, 303 North Main Street in Rockford, offering jobseekers and businesses assistance with filing unemployment insurance claims and other services.

Click here for more information on IDES, including filing unemployment claims on-line. 
 www.ides.state.il.us