Illinois Department of Employment Security The premier provider of workforce services in Illinois The Illinois Department of Employment Security, or IDES, pays unemployment insurance benefits to eligible workers, collects unemployment taxes from liable employers, runs the state's employment service and job training programs through a network of 56 local offices and workNet centers, and measures and analyzes the Illinois economy through its labor market information program. The futurehirethe in Public bookmarkswith illinoispremierproviderservicesworkforceby 6 users