These regular unemployment updates are written by our team to help you stay current with UI industry trends and changes.
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...
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Act has passed. You've now sifted through all the articles about the third stimulus check and I'm sure your mind goes to the next most exciting question.....which unemployment provisions were affected?! Many of the provisions...
As employers continue to navigate through the Covid-19 pandemic, the CARES Act has provided a tremendous amount of optimism. UTCA has been diligently providing insight to clients, non-clients, human resources and industry associations as they all pose their unique...
3-30-20 The CARES Act is now Law. The challenge of implementing the Unemployment related provisions to make payments is now beginning for the federal and state governments as the expectation is it is implemented quickly. The additional COVID-19 related payments are...
We’ve seen state unemployment agencies transition to phone hearings as opposed to “live” or in-person hearings, for some time now. Amidst the COVID-19 scare and social distancing guidelines, states such as Massachusetts have limited the format to telephone-only. While...
Winning an unemployment case is a difficult task as it is, even more so when it involves absenteeism or tardiness. Unfortunately, most absentee cases are determined by the final incident. It’s no secret we can’t be present for every final incident to ensure not only...
As we enter the 2020s, many of us have lofty goals for ourselves and our organizations. Whether it’s launching company-wide initiatives, “tweaking procedures” or revisiting marks we may have missed the previous year. As the year takes off, our laundry list can quickly...
