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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 insurance...
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 examined. According to...
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 is...
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,...
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....
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 paid...
New Jersey - A recent Appellate Court ruling determined that a plaintiff-employee's unemployment benefits were incorrectly credited against a verdict he obtained in a discrimination suit against his former employer. Rex Fornaro was formerly employed as a flight...
New Haven, CT - After initially being denied unemployment benefits in September 2015, Nichole Jefferson, former Executive Director of the Commission on Equal Opportunities, has won the city’s second appeal of unemployment benefits. Principal Appeals Referee Arnold J....
The House has passed a resolution (H.J. Res. 42), sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) expressing disapproval of a Labor Department rule restricting state government from requiring drug testing for those applying for unemployment compensation. The vote, on Feb. 15,...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Unemployment Tax Control Associates, Inc. (UTCA), a national unemployment insurance service provider based in Springfield, Mass., with an office in Boston, today announced the promotion of Meghan Avery to director of operations. The announcement...
