Every year, your company may pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in unemployment insurance taxes. Though you may not realize it. these taxes are the only controllable employer tax. You can lower your company’s tax payme[...]

Unemployment costs are the only payroll tax that an employer can actually control - it also happens to be one of the largest employer expenses each year.  For this reason (and others we describe in some of our other blogs), it is critical to the b[...]

The national average UI overpayment rate is almost 13 percent (actual overpayment rates by state range from about 5 percent up to 31 percent). The average employer only wins about 50 percent of the protests that they file which further contributes to i[...]

Unemployment costs are rising rapidly. In fact, in the last decade alone, they’ve risen more than 80 percent! While these claims can be irritating, the fact is at one point or another your business will have to address them. How you manage them, howeve[...]

Employers win only half of all protested claims for unemployment insurance (UI). That low success rate keeps many from even trying. However, most of those protested claims fail because employers are unprepared to make a strong case.

There are a[...]

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.

Take a look around. Is your desk swamped with sticky notes or plagued with paperwork? Maybe the start of a new season is the nudge you need to spring clean your space.

Overpaid unemployment benefits top $14 billion. Take a minute to let that sink in. Odds are, your business is a part of this statistic. That’s the bad news. The good news is you don’t have to be.

Firing an employee, delivering a not-so-great annual review, policing employee conflict – there are many uncomfortable tasks that fall on the shoulders of an HR Manager. But when asked what part

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