Proposed Bill Reduces Timeframe for Claiming Unemployment Benefits
Ohio – Proposed Bill H.B. 394 has a provision to reduce the maximum timeframe for claiming unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to a window of 12-20 weeks and requires someone to have earned wages in at...
View ArticleMilitary Spouses’ Unemployment Costs Up To $1Billion Annually
According to a recent report, Military Spouses are unemployed at a rate of 18 percent and underemployed (where people hold a job below their level of training), at a rate of 35 to 40 percent. The study...
View ArticleState Can’t Escape Challenge to Classification of Truck Drivers
Excerpt Taken from the New Jersey Law Journal – A federal judge in Newark has denied the state’s motion to dismiss a suit challenging New Jersey’s classification of certain commercial truck drivers as...
View ArticleDepartment of Workforce Development’s Due Diligence Pays Off
Indianapolis, Indiana – According to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD), A man pleaded guilty to a Class C felony charge after fraudulently collecting unemployment insurance...
View ArticleDefining “Unemployed”
According to a press release published by the Nevada Attorney General’s office, a Las Vegas woman who helped an imprisoned man defraud the state’s unemployment benefits agency is now a felon herself....
View ArticleCalifornia’s Unemployment Insurance System is Unable to Withstand an Economic...
According to the state’s Unemployment Insurance Fund Forecast (released in May 2016), “The current financing structure leaves the Unemployment Insurance Fund unable to self-correct and achieve a...
View ArticleUnemployment Insurance Fund in Danger of Failing
Ohio – A joint Ohio House and Senate committee has started meeting in order to figure out a way to save Ohio’s endangered unemployment compensation system. The unemployment compensation fund could fail...
View ArticleNew Jersey Senate OKs Unemployment Benefits for Striking Workers
Last week the New Jersey Senate passed a bill that would provide unemployment benefits to striking workers. The bill is now awaiting action in the Assembly. Assembly Speaker Vinnie Prieto says he plans...
View ArticleConnecticut’s Worker Classification Test is on Trial
Connecticut employers who use independent contractors in their business operations should be awaiting a decision in the Southwest Appraisal Group case with interest. In this case, Part “C” of...
View ArticleShort-Term Unemployment Compensation Program Benefits Workers with Reduced Hours
Nebraska – Beginning October 1st, the Nebraska Department of Labor will give businesses across the state a new alternative to layoffs when economic times are tough. Created by the Legislature in 2014,...
View ArticleUber Drivers and Unemployment
New York – While Uber claims their drivers are independent contractors, the state has determined otherwise. On Wednesday October 12th 2016, the New York State Department of Labor ruled that two former...
View ArticleSeasonal Workers Set to Benefit from New Bill
Pennsylvania – On November 3, 2016, Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill which allows a worker to earn up to 63 percent of their wages in one quarter and maintain their eligibility for unemployment...
View ArticleMA Unemployment Rate Below 3% – Lowest Since 2001
The Bay State’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.9% in November, marking the first time it has dipped below 3% since the beginning of the century. Please click the link below for more details...
View ArticleNew Federal Guidelines Help Contingent College Faculty Collect Unemployment
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued guidance clarifying when states should deem colleges’ contingent faculty members eligible for unemployment compensation. It spells out what criteria the state...
View ArticleWait Times for Unemployment Compensation Escalate after Funding Expires
Pennsylvania – Due to the expiration of a four-year funding stream to the Unemployment Compensation (UC) program, hundreds of state workers were laid off leaving many state unemployment call centers...
View ArticleComputer Glitch Falsely Accuses Unemployed of Fraud
Michigan – The State of Michigan used an error-prone computer system that has wrongly accused tens of thousands of people of unemployment insurance fraud dating all the way back to 2007. Michigan...
View ArticleNew Legislation Aimed at Fighting Fraud
On Tuesday January 17th, the Senate signed a bill that will enable the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to gain access to the National Directory of New Hires, a federal database that contains...
View ArticleNew Bill Plans to Limit Benefits Based on State Rates
Missouri – A new bill (HB 288) proposes that unemployment benefits be cut based on the state’s unemployment rate. If passed, the unemployment eligibility period will drop one week for every half...
View ArticleAppeals Court Approves Unemployment Benefits
Milwaukee – A recent ruling by the state Court of Appeals reversed the Unemployment Agency’s attempt to deny unemployment benefits to a worker accused of “substantial fault” even though that worker...
View ArticleU.S Unemployment Claims Continue to Fall
According to the U.S Labor Department, initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 246,000 for the week ending Jan. 28, 2017. Claims have now been below 300,000,...
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