Twenty-three states have altered their unemployment insurance taxable wage bases for 2019. Only two of the states lowered their wage base. State unemployment insurance taxes are individually assigned to each employer…
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Nebraska has announced a reduction in their state unemployment insurance taxes. The average tax rate for 2019 is 0.70 percent, a decrease of 0.06 percentage points from 2018 and a…
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How much thought do you give to your labor law posters? Perhaps not much. When December rolled around you probably received a reorder notice for your labor law poster. You…
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Has someone you know, be it a supervisor, hiring manager, or maybe even you, ever been ghosted at work - meaning an employee just disappeared from the job? Maybe it…
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Today, we welcome Good Shepherd Services as a new program participant of 501(c) Agencies Trust. Good Shepherd Services is now returning much of the money they had been sending to the state…
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The Texas Workforce Commission announced that it is lowering the unemployment tax rates for all employers in calendar year 2019. The average unemployment insurance (UI) tax rate for all employers…
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Governor-elect Ned Lamont is set to begin leading Connecticut in January 2019. Among some of the challenges the new governor will be facing as he takes office is Connecticut's insolvent…
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Unemployment tax rates for Oregon employers will remain at tax schedule three for 2019. Tax schedule three includes an average rate of 1.97% for the first $40,600 paid to each…
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The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced the regular unemployment rates for 2019 will be lower for more than 92 percent of the state’s employers who are required to…
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It’s hard to believe that the #MeToo movement has just celebrated its first birthday. A lot has happened; newsworthy conduct and action; in the courtroom, our government and in the…
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