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By Unemployment Tracker Posted February 16, 2017

How can your employment application help you to win unemployment cases?

If you’re like most business owners, you might realize that unemployment insurance (UI) costs have been on the rise for some time now. In recent years, in fact, UI has become one of the top three tax costs to employers.<[...]

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted February 15, 2017

Unemployment Best Practices for PEO’s - Part 1

Labor costs and regulations are always changing. Therefore it’s important to stay on top of the trends. Especially in a business that handles hundreds, or thousands, of employees, it may be worth outsourcing your human r[...]

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted February 14, 2017

Unemployment Insurance Hearings - Best Practices

Unemployment hearings, while one of the most important factors of unemployment costs, are often the most frustrating for employers. Many times employers don’t understand how to handle an unemployment hearing effectively [...]

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted January 26, 2017

Effective Unemployment Cost Management

Although the economy is humming along these days and the national unemployment average is very low – many employers have seen their Unemployment Costs stay the same or even rise.  What could possibly be the cause?  The answer is simple – thes[...]

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted January 24, 2017

Tax Tips for Employers Regarding Unemployment Taxes

Employers across the country are getting their UI Tax Rate notices and promptly going into “Sticker Shock”.  Getting your tax rate notice is a bit like getting a root canal – you can’t avoid it and it can be unpleasant and painful.  So, [...]

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted January 19, 2017

How Can Employers Lower Their UI Tax Rate?

Well, it is getting close to the time when employers across the US will receive their new (2017) unemployment tax rate notice.  Many companies will then suffer through “UI tax rate sticker shock” – their new tax rate will have risen more than [...]
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By Unemployment Tracker Posted January 17, 2017

Managing Unemployment Claims for Holiday Seasonal Workers

The holiday season is almost here: Retailers and other holiday related industries will be ramping up and adding seasonal workers to supplement the extra workload.

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted January 12, 2017

The Employee Handbook – Your Ally in Controlling UI Costs

Frustrated at losing Unemployment Protests? So are most employers across the U.S.  On average US employers only win about half of the UI protests that they file.  Why do employers lose so many protests?  Well, there are a number of r[...]
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By Unemployment Tracker Posted January 12, 2017

What Employers Need to Know About Michigan Unemployment Insurance

While all states are required to follow certain federal laws, they also set their own laws and regulations on many issues. Unemployment tax rates fall under state regulation, so each state’s rates vary for employers acro[...]

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted December 22, 2016

Information About Alabama Unemployment Insurance

In the United States, every state sets its unemployment insurance rates specific to factors like how many citizens of that state are unemployed, the set taxable wage base and other factors. Within each state, different e[...]

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