COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- An extra unemployment check is yet again in the mail for some South Carolina residents.
WIS-TV in Columbia reports Tuesday that a programming error caused the state Employment Security Commission to send out about 150 duplicate unemployment checks.
Officials say the checks went out last week. Anyone who gets two unemployment checks with the same date should cash one and return the other to their local unemployment office.
The commission says anyone who cashes the duplicates as well as the original checks will be responsible for reimbursing the extra money.
It's the second time this has happened in several months. In July, the Employment Security Commission said it sent two unemployment checks to about 1,250 people out of work.
Information from: WIS-TV, http://www.wistv.com
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