The U.S. Unemployment Insurance (UI) system is run and funded primarily by the individual states with oversight and support from the U.S. Department of Labor. Individual state UI programs are entrusted with ensuring benefits are paid promptly and accurately to eligible claimants, preventing improper payments (both over- and under-payments), and ensuring that employers properly classify their workers and pay their contributions promptly and accurately.

Elder Research designed and deployed an automated Fraud Detection solution for the New York Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence. The tool was estimated to have identified 1200 claims annually before the current investigative process with annual projected savings of $972,000 in recoverable and nearly $392,000 in non-recoverable overpayments.