Unemployment Insurance

Representatives Steel and Tenney Introduce Legislation to Protect Small Businesses from FUTA Tax Increases

By |2025-08-08T12:05:00+00:00May 30th, 2024|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|

On May 23rd Representatives Steel and Tenney Introduced legislation to provide relief from Federal Unemployment Tax triggered increases on employers with employment in states with outstanding federal unemployment insurance loans. California and New York are two states in which the Federal Unemployment Tax net rate will increase again for 2024 (along with the Virgin Islands). Employers [...]

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GAO Reports $44 billion in UI improper payments in 2023: New UI Improper Payment Methodology Needed

By |2025-08-08T12:20:21+00:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , |

On March 26, 2024,the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its improper payment report with an estimate of $44 billion in improper payments in the Unemployment Insurance program for 2023. The US Department of Labor reported a combined improper and unknown payment rate of 22.2 percent for the Unemployment Insurance program in fiscal year 2022, which exceeded [...]

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President Biden’s Proposed FY 2025 Budget Would Increase Integrity Funding While Addressing Reemployment and Equity

By |2025-08-08T12:21:52+00:00March 14th, 2024|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , |

President Biden has released the proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget. See Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2025 (whitehouse.gov) The Budget narrative provides for increases in funding for integrity measures, continued focus on reemployment and equity. The budget describes the UI related initiatives in the proposal below. Modernizes, Protects, and Strengthens UI. The UI program provides [...]

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US Senate Finance Committee Releases Joint Outline for Unemployment Insurance Program Improvements

By |2025-08-11T09:19:51+00:00February 8th, 2024|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , , , |

On February 8, 2024, Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-NC) released a framework of Unemployment Insurance Program Improvements. (see below). The framework reflects some of the features of the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act (S 1587) and (HR 1163) that have been supported by UWC. No legislative draft language [...]

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US DOL Details UI Modernization Reporting Check List

By |2025-08-11T09:20:01+00:00February 8th, 2024|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , |

On February 2, 2024, USDOL released a check list for UI Modernization Reports to be submitted by states implementing UI Modernization projects. ETA 9177 Report (Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist Report Version 1) through July 31, 2026. See Extension of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) 9177 Report (Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist Report Version 1) for State Unemployment Insurance (UI) [...]

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US DOL Releases State CARES Waiting Week Payment Reconciliation Requirements

By |2025-08-11T09:26:59+00:00January 23rd, 2024|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , |

May Impact UI Trust Funds On January 19, 2024, the US DOL released guidance with state requirements with respect to reporting and reconciliation of federal reimbursements for payments for the unemployment compensation waiting week. See Instructions for Reconciling Funds Made Available to States Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act - Section 2105 (dol.gov).The [...]

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Connecticut Pays Off Title XII Loan – Avoids FUTA Tax Increase for 2023

By |2025-08-11T09:26:41+00:00November 16th, 2023|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , |

On November 8th, Connecticut Governor Lamont announced that the state was paying of the loan from the federal government that was used to pay unemployment compensation in Connecticut. See the Governor's press release at Governor Lamont 's press release reporting that Connecticut paid off pandemic-era Unemployment Trust Fund debt in advance of the November 10, 2023, [...]

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House Ways and Means Approves Bi-Partisan Bridge for Workers Act

By |2025-08-11T09:26:49+00:00November 4th, 2023|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , , |

The House Ways and Means Committee approved the Bi-Partisan Bridge for Workers Act (HR 5861) on November 2, 2023 by a vote of 41-0. The bill was developed by Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL). The bill makes permanent the amendment of federal law (that had been previously included on a temporary basis) [...]

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Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-NC) Introduces Unemployment Integrity Act

By |2025-08-11T09:28:01+00:00October 17th, 2023|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , |

On October 17, 2023, Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-NC) introduced the Unemployment Integrity Act of 2023. The bill would make important improvements to connect unemployed workers with jobs and in filling staffing needs for employers. The bill adds a federal requirement of state administrative funding that state UI law require as a condition of eligibility for regular [...]

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GAO Report Shows $22 billion of Recovery Funds used to Restore UI Trust Funds

By |2025-08-11T09:28:18+00:00October 12th, 2023|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , |

On October 11, 2023, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report reviewing how State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fuds (SLFRF) were spent and/or obligated. See GAO-24-106753, COVID-19 Relief: States’ and Localities’ Fiscal Recovery Funds Spending as of March 31, 2023 The report shows spending as of March 31st, noting that Contributions to state unemployment insurance trust funds [...]

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