May 12, 2016 | Blog, News & Press
New Jersey – According to Christie, the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund had a $2 billion deficit when he took office. Thanks to a number of anti-fraud measures taken by the Department of Labor, it’s now a $1.8 billion surplus. That means the governor can give...
May 10, 2016 | Blog, News & Press
Connecticut – In an attempt to close a widening budget deficit without raising taxes, Gov. Dannell P. Malloy has announced that 2500 positions would be eliminated including layoffs of approximately 1850 state employees. State spending was also cut by more than...
May 10, 2016 | Blog, News & Press
State lawmakers representing Springfield and its surrounding communities are calling on the Baker Administration to keep an unemployment call center in Western Massachusetts open even as the state proceeds with layoff plans in the face of dropping federal funding....
May 5, 2016 | Blog, News & Press
Since the state’s Workforce Solutions Department launched a strategy that marries predictive analytics with behavioral science techniques, it has seen a 40 percent reduction in the likelihood to commit fraud. Find out how:...
May 5, 2016 | Blog, News & Press
Independent Contractors can be an area of risk for unemployment too. Find out why: http://www.sbnonline.com/article/caution-using-independent-contractors/
Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, News & Press
Senate Bill 15 was signed by Governor Pat McCrory on September 10, 2015. The law requires claimants who are seeking unemployment benefits to make additional weekly job contacts beginning January 2016. The law increases the minimum number of job contacts an unemployed...
