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[...]
Key Employee Performance Issues and How to Handle Them
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?[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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.
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 [...]
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[...]
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[...]