| | 1: |  | Title:   |  |   |  |   | Volume/Number:   | 2011 December 20 |   |  |   | Issuing Agency:   |  |   |  |   | Description:   | The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) will be closed Monday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan 2. Regular office hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. resume on each following day. Although IDES offices will be closed, services will be available at www.ides.illinois.gov People still will be able to file for first-time unemployment benefits, certify for benefits which is necessary to receive payment, and switch that method of payment to direct deposit. Because Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 each is a federal banking holiday, the availability of some benefit payments might be delayed. The IDES does not determine federal banking holidays. |   |  |   | Date Created:   | 12 20 2011 |   |  |   | Agency ID:   | 1411**11 |   |  |   | ISL ID:   | 000000039748   Original UID: 20266 FIRST WORD: Employment |   |  
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