Unemployment Updates

Keep Your Finger on the Pulse of Unemployment Insurance Changes

These regular unemployment updates are written by our team to help you stay current with UI industry trends and changes.

Understanding Connecticut’s Unemployment Changes for 2024

Like many states, Connecticut was burdened by a high volume of Covid-19 claims, benefit charges and federal borrowing. Increases in backlogs and UI fraud have also been a struggle. To improve the state’s UI Trust Fund and build long term sustainability, Public Acts...

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National Unemployment Legislative Update – Q4 2022

  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...

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Fraudulent UI Claims Creep Back in Mass. and Other States

FRAUDULENT UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS BACK ON THE RISE While we are finally starting to experience some relief from the hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been an unfortunate resurgence in unemployment fraud. The Department of Justice remains actively involved in...

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Avoiding Evidence Submissions Flubs at UI Hearings

Don't Let Omitted Evidence Stand in The Way of a Successful Unemployment Hearing! It is commonly accepted that most State laws, internal unemployment department regulations and procedures are structured to favor former employees and increase the likelihood of awarding...

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Quiet Quitting’s Impact on Unemployment

      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...

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National Unemployment Legislative Update – Q3 2022

  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...

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NY UI ASSESSMENT COMPLIANCE PUTS EMPLOYERS IN JEOPARDY

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...

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Don’t let your vendor shift the blame

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...

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State Unemployment Maximum Claim Guide

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...

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National Unemployment Legislative Update

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...

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