Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Summary
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 included new language specifically authorizing grants to states to administer an expanded RESEA program for claimants identified for services through the profiling system. The increased authority was developed through discussions with state workforce agencies, US DOL and UWC. The new program increases the focus of the UI program on integrity and on returning UI [...]
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Repeals Expanded Medicaid Priority
President Trump Signs the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 on February 9, 2018 The Act includes a repeal of language that would have expanded the authority of Medicaid State plans to seek recovery for items and services covered under Medicaid from third party payments even when the third party payments were not related to the items or services. It has [...]
New Family and Medical Leave Credit for Employers Becomes Law
On December 22, 2017 President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (HR 1). The new act includes an employer credit for paid family leave. This provision was developed by Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) to provide employers with a tax credit to encourage them to offer paid family leave. UWC provided some technical assistance in the development of this [...]
New Family and Medical Leave Credit for Employers Likely
The conference report has been released and a vote is expected this week on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (HR 1). The President has indicated that he will sign the bill into law. Click here for the legislative text for the conference report. One of the provisions retains the Senate language to include an employer credit for paid [...]
US DOL Taking First Steps to Evaluate State Use of Alternative Financing to Repay UI Title XII Loans
On December 11, 2017 the US Department of Labor released for comment a proposal for authority to review the use of alternative financing of the repayment of federal UI loans. See https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-12-11/pdf/2017-26668.pdf This is the first step for US DOL to become educated about the use of alternative financing. Because a significant number of states have opted to repay Title XII loans [...]
California and Virgin Islands only states with FUTA Offset Credit Reductions for 2017
The U.S. Department of Labor review of state UI loan status and remaining balances has been completed for 2017 and the only states with remaining outstanding loans as of November 10th were California and the Virgin Islands. As a result of the outstanding loan balances, employers in California and the Virgin Islands will be subject to a reduction of 2.1% from [...]