DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Department of Labor said it overpaid $305 million in unemployment benefits over the past three years, prompting Gov. John Hickenlooper to order the department to recover improperly paid benefits and tighten its procedures.
The benefits — including $169 million last year — were paid to ineligible recipients, including people who were not looking for work.
Most of the overpayments were mistakes by the Department of Labor, said Jeff Fitzgerald, director of the department's unemployment insurance division. Ellen Golombek, the department's executive director, said the department discovered the problem in May.
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