Ohio unemployment compensation has been restructured to make it insanely hard to get benefits. I believe they are doing this to discourage people from obtaining benefits. As a union construction worker I have used ohio unemployment for the last 20 years while between projects. I have never had the issues that I have experienced over the last 15 weeks. First off was a extremely hard Identity verification process. If requiring a ID to vote is voter suppression then requiring a certified birth certificate, drivers license, w2s, proof off address and bank account verification is most definitely unemployment suppression. The second issue is supposedly the claims analyst are working from home so they have no access to any of your information they basically only have the ability to read to your unemployment correspondences not to help you address them. Then when you finally after several hours waiting on the phone they schedual a call back with a supervisor. Guess what when you answer that 25 minute hold . Then the supervisor is only able to read a script no ability to handle claim. It is a absolute crock and scam. I sure hope if universal Healthcare ever becomes a reality they don't hire anyone from the Ohio department of jobs and family services