Mar 28, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
The Connecticut Department of Labor (DOL) and the Division of Criminal Justice have joined forces to combat the state’s unemployment fraud issue. So far they have arrested 200 people charged with illegally collecting more than $5.5 million in unemployment...
Mar 23, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
Connecticut employers who use independent contractors in their business operations should be awaiting a decision in the Southwest Appraisal Group case with interest. In this case, Part “C” of Connecticut’s Worker Classification test is being...
Mar 21, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
Connecticut – According to the 2016 State of Working Connecticut Report the state added 5,700 jobs in January and the unemployment rate remained at a relatively healthy 4.5 percent, but according to economists the unemployment rate for young people in the state...
Mar 20, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
Pennsylvania – On Thursday March 9th, Governor Tom Wolfe’s Administration filed a lawsuit against IBM for breach of contract. In a public statement Governor Wolf said “Pennsylvania taxpayers paid IBM nearly $170 million for what was supposed to be a comprehensive,...
Mar 20, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
In just two weeks’ time, the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits catapulted from just 20,000 to 243,000 which is well above economists’ predictions of unemployment claims coming in around 238,000. This new stat may come as a surprise since U.S....
Mar 20, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
Connecticut – On Wednesday March 8th, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) sponsored a lobbying event that discussed, amongst other issues, a new unemployment compensation bill. The bill proposes that employees would be eligible for 12 weeks...
