As a business owner, one of the most important ongoing cost considerations is unemployment insurance benefits for your employees. If possible, you want to be in a situation where you’re paying the lowest weekly maximum b[...]
Which States Have the Lowest Maximum Weekly Unemployment Insurance Benefit
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[...]
What does each employee cost you each year in Unemployment Insurance (UI) taxes?
Unemployment costs have grown rapidly, increasing by more than 80 percent in the last decade alone. To help lower your costs and keep them under control, you need to understand all the aspects of unemployment insurance ([...]
Unemployment Tracker Software Explained
Did you know that the amount of Unemployment Overpayments totalled $14 Billon last year? It's true... and $14 Billion is equal to the entire GDP of a small country like Jamaica.
Unemployment Insurance can be [...]
Best Claims Management Practices to Reduce UI Tax Rates
Whether you are a small single-state or a large multi-state employer, one thing is for sure, managing unemployment insurance (UI) is complex. At the beginning of each year employers receive their UI tax rate letters from state unemployment insura[...]
Tax Season Doesn’t End in April for UI Managers
While many are putting the finishing touches on filing personal and corporate taxes, unemployment insurance managers have been working on their UI tax rates all year long.
Knowledge Is Power: How To Lower Your UI Tax Rate
One of the biggest headaches for employers is their unemployment insurance tax rate. As tax rates continue to climb, employers are left with more questions than answers. When you’re short on time
Avoid Sticker Shock: Break the Cycle of Rising Unemployment Costs
‘Tis the season for unexpected surprises. A gift on your doorstep, a holiday greeting in the mail – and the dreaded UI tax rate notice. Bet you didn’t get the same warm and fuzzy feeling with that last ‘gift’. Your UI tax rate increased. Your unemploym[...]