Explore timely industry updates and practical guidance from UTCA’s experienced team. Our articles help employers understand unemployment insurance developments, strengthen claims and tax processes, reduce avoidable exposure and make more informed workforce and financial decisions.
In a nutshell, "quiet quitting" is a philosophy of a growing number of younger workers (under 35) rejecting the notion that work must take over one's life and employees should go above and beyond what their job descriptions entail. This can take...
State administration, legislators and UI agencies are still coming to grips with the post-pandemic UI environment. Some are still wrestling with ways to deal with insolvent trust funds, while limiting harsh penalties to employers. Many of these changes are...
This past July, the State of New York created and issued the IAS, known as the Interest Assessment Surcharge to all UI tax paying employers. The rationale for doing so was to generate monies to pay the existing outstanding federal interest payment due at the end of...
Do your reports look like this? Actual data from another vendor report: Missing Separations 325 % of Claims Processed 41.04% Potential Liability $1,995,528.39 Separation Info Requested – No Response 118 % of Claims Processed 14.9% Potential Liability $687,358.37...
If you're an employer, the stakes just got higher! Consistent with UTCA’s ongoing efforts to keep our clients current on increasing UI claims costs, we have prepared a quick reference document of nationwide maximum claim potential liability. Generally, traditional...
Constant Change in Nationwide UI Landscape Pandemic-fueled federal and state mandates have drastically affected Unemployment law, policy and regulations since March of 2020. As state administration, legislators and UI agencies come to grips with the...
MASSACHUSETTS SENATE PASSES UI SOLVENCY BILL The Massachusetts State Senate followed the lead of the House of Representatives and passed the bill H3702 addressing some immediate relief to MA UI tax paying employers, all of whom were negatively and substantially...
What’s Happened? It’s been an action-packed two weeks for UTCA! Many Massachusetts employers are still coming to terms with the grim unemployment tax escalations they are experiencing. If you are not yet aware of the issue, you can read our previous post here. We...
Each year, Massachusetts “tax paying” employers (not Reimbursable employers) pay an annual statutory UI Solvency Assessment. The solvency rate used in the calculation of each company's UI experience for 2021 was announced today and is quickly reverberating through the...
Taxing Times Massachusetts Bill H.90 "An Act financing a program for improvements to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and providing relief to employers and workers in the Commonwealth" is currently pending Governor Charlie Baker's approval. The bill has gained a...
