If you decide to contest an unemployment insurance claim, one of two results will happen. The benefits will either be approved or denied by a state board and both parties accept the outcome, or the decision is made but either you or the former employee[...]
What Happens During an Unemployment Insurance Hearing?
The Unemployment Claim Hearing Process
First, You Have to Show Up
The Basics of Progressive Discipline
The Basics of Progressive Discipline
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.<[...]
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 [...]
Unemployment Tips for Winning Protests
Keeping unemployment (UI) costs under control is a major concern for businesses of all sizes. And one of the keys to doing that is minimizing charges against your State UI Reserve Account. In other words, this important [...]
Effective Employee Documentation – The Key to Winning UI Protests
3 Ways to Win Your Unemployment Insurance Protests
It’s no surprise to hear, that for most employers, unemployment taxes are a high cost item. The taxes often reach tens to hundreds of thousands, and in some cases, millions of dollars. Of course you can protest improper claims, but it can be a stressfu[...]
UI Hearing Do’s and Don’ts
What’s the worst part about filing an unemployment insurance protest? Most employers agree that it’s the actual hearing. Indeed, many employers dread them so much that they decide to skip the unemployment insurance hearings entirely and just give up th[...]
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.