UWC delivered a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Members of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, opposing the imposition of a proposed new federal reporting mandate that would cost employers billions of dollars of compliance and administrative costs. We have also drafted a sign on letter and request that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
At the end of December before adjourning for the year Congress passed and the President signed a number of bills that will impact unemployment insurance in 2015. The major legislation enacted included the following: Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (HR 5771)– signed December 19, 2014 See http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr5771enr/pdf/BILLS-113hr5771enr.pdf Extended the Work Opportunity Tax Credit through 2014 [...]
View UWC Comments on Proposed USDOL Drug Testing Rules for UI Applicants UWC today filed comments in response to Proposed Rules filed by US DOL on October 19, 2014 with respect to the interpretation of the circumstances under which a state UI administrative agency would be permitted to test applicants for unemployment compensation as a condition [...]
UWC today filed comments in response to Proposed Rules filed by US DOL on October 19, 2014 with respect to the interpretation of the circumstances under which a state UI administrative agency would be permitted to test applicants for unemployment compensation as a condition of eligibility for being paid unemployment compensation(See Attached). Comments are due to [...]