North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina has paid off the unemployment insurance debt owed to the federal government. That debt was as high as $2.8 billion and stood at $2.5 billion when Governor McCrory took office in January 2013. “This will give employers certainty about the cost of doing business in North [...]
The US Department of Labor has begun to release operating instructions to implement the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) starting with the appointment of state and local workforce development boards. See instructions released at http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL/TEGL_27-14.pdf The following activities must be completed by July 1, 2015 The Governor must appoint a WIOA-compliant State Board States that [...]
The City of Phoenix, Human Resources Department, is requesting proposals from one or more qualified Proposers to provide employment and wage verification services, Form I-9 verification services, and unemployment cost management services. The detailed Request for Proposal (RFP) can be found on the City of Phoenix web page at the following link: https://www.phoenix.gov/solicitations/307. Proposers may provide [...]
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking has been released for implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (joint NPRM with the Departments of Education and Labor) and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Notice of Proposed [...]
Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce and House Ways and Means Committees today introduced H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, to permanently replace Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). The agreement builds upon H.R. 1470, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to replace the SGR formula [...]
The US DOL Employment and Training Administration UI Actuary has released a report on state unemployment insurance trust fund solvency that reviews the status of each state’s trust fund and the overall health of the system. Key points addressed in the report include: FUTA Rates with Credit Reductions and Add-ons and Projections for 2015 – 8 [...]
On January 12th President Obama signed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015. The act as signed may be accessed on line at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-114hr26enr/pdf/BILLS-114hr26enr.pdf UWC worked with a broad based business coalition in support of the legislation to expedite its passage after Congress did not enact the extension last year
By a vote of 93-4 with 3 not voting the Senate this afternoon passed HR 26, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Authorization Act of 2015. The bill received expedited consideration in the House and in the Senate and is expected to be signed by the President. The most recent version of the text available on line [...]
The TRIA Extension legislation (S 2244) ran out of time before it could be enacted due to a late objection by then Senator Tom Coburn (OK). The TRIA bill is now being taken up by the House. Also, at the end of December before adjourning for the year Congress passed and the President signed a number [...]
Each year we accept nominations for awards to individuals who have had a profound impact on the Unemployment Insurance system as researchers, policy leaders and contributors to the integrity of the program. UWC accepts nominations for consideration and announces the awards at the annual National Unemployment Insurance Issues conference. The conference is hosted by the National [...]