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By Andrea Frederick Posted October 11, 2016

Key Employee Performance Issues and How to Handle Them

As we’ve discussed before, there are many reasons why employers only win about about half of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims they protest. Things like po[...]

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted September 21, 2016

Key Policies to Include In Your Employee Handbook

If you are frustrated with losing your Unemployment (UI) Protests, you are not alone. In fact, you are one of many. Did you know that most employers in the U.S. only win about half of the protests they file? Why is that?[...]

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted September 16, 2016

Unemployment 101 - A few basic UI Cost Management goals to get you started

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[...]

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By Jonathan Gross Posted September 13, 2016

What is a TPA and is it a good fit for my organization?

Do you ever wish that you could make certain aspects of your workload disappear? Just think of all the free time you’d clear up to work on that “to-do list” that just keeps getting longer and longer. If you answered “Yes[...]

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By Jonathan Gross Posted August 31, 2016

Why should employers be concerned with Unemployment Overpayments

Since 1987, the Labor Department has tracked unemployment insurance (UI) overpayments. As such, much is known about unemployment overpayments, however, few companies take action to combat fraudulent claims. This year, th[...]

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted August 25, 2016

5 Ways Unemployment Software Saves You Time and Money

14 Billion dollars in overpayments last year. A 13 percent error rate on average nationwide. A 50 percent win rate on employer protests. Hundreds of billions spent managing this process by employers each year.

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted August 23, 2016

How to Increase Your Unemployment Insurance Credits

The economy might be on the mend, but that doesn't mean unemployment costs are falling. In fact, the opposite is true: In the past decade, those costs have increased about 80%. However, that doesn't mean you need to let [...]

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted August 10, 2016

Unemployment Rate & Jobs Added/Lost in the US for Month Ending - July 2016


July 2016 Unemployment data is coming in and the Unemployment Rate (Seasonal) remained at 4.9% for the second mont[...]
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By Unemployment Tracker Posted August 4, 2016

How Are My UI Costs Calculated and What Am I Actually Paying Out?

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[...]

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By Unemployment Tracker Posted July 28, 2016

Unemployment claim data - Week Ended July 16, 2016

Jobless claims dropped 1,000 to 253,000 in the week ended July 16, according to a Labor Department report released Read More

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