Unemployment insurance has the second highest improper payment rate of any federal program in the country. You can blame unemployment fraud for that. Any time someone collects unemployment benefits while knowingly misrepresenting information, they are [...]
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3 Ways to Prevent Common Unemployment Fraud: Part 2
3 Ways Employers Can Prevent Unemployment Fraud
Any time an individual misrepresents information for the purposes of collecting unemployment benefits, it is fraud. Sure accidents in reporting can happen. Sometimes mistakes happen because people are uninformed or in a hurry. But sometimes people coll[...]
Hiring Temporary Employees This Holiday? Insight into Managing Unemployment Claims for Holiday Seasonal Workers
The holiday season is almost here: Retailers and other industries will be ramping up and adding holiday seasonal workers to supplement the extra workload.
Managing the “Employment” side of unemployment.
It is common knowledge that unemployment insurance costs have been on the rise for years – often being in the top three employer tax costs. Many employers spend a great deal of time managing the costs of unemployment once a claim has been filed w[...]
Unemployment Cost Management Tips
Trying to effectively manage your unemployment claims and costs can be a bit like trying to hold sand in your hands without losing any grains through your fingers – so much to track and so much to follow up on. Here are a few tips and tricks of t[...]
Unemployment Audits – Take Control of Your UI Costs
Unemployment costs are beginning to come down from all time highs over the last 6 or 7 years, but they are still one of the most expensive employer costs. Why then, do most employers take for granted that their tax rates and the charges to their [...]
The Do’s and Don’t’s of Unemployment Hearings
When asked what part of the unemployment process makes them most nervous, most employers will tell you that is the unemployment hearings that make their hearts skip a beat. Whether it is their lack of knowledge about how the unemployment system w[...]
UI Questions and Answers
The following are some of the questions we have been asked over the last few months by clients and prospective clients. Feel free to contact us with your questions and we will work with you to
Unemployment Cost Management Tips for Temporary Staffing Companies
Unemployment Insurance (UI) rates have been dropping over the last year and that is great news for the economy, however, it does not mean that these costs are not a significant percentage of[...]
The Employee Handbook – Your Key to UI Cost Control
Frustrated at losing your Unemployment Protests, so are most employers across the U.S. – who only win about half of the protests that they file with the various State UI Agencies. Why do em[...]