Washington has announced that its taxable wage base will increase to $44,000 in 2016. This is an increase of $1,900 from the 2015 wage base amount of $42,100. The increase…
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Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced Monday that the state has paid off early a $972 million federal loan that kept its unemployment insurance program from collapsing during the Great Recession. The…
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The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency has announced a reduction of its unemployment taxes due to a $500 reduction in the state's Taxable Wage Base to $9,000. This reduction equates to…
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This week brought a few changes to some of the country's unemployment trust funds. Many state funds continue to recover from the Great Recession. Nevada Nevada reported this week that…
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Unemployment taxes are going up for organizations in Texas unless you are a professional employer organization. Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 3150 into law on Saturday. That signature will…
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South Carolina has paid off early its federal unemployment loan that at one point reached nearly $1 billion and changed the way the state compensates the unemployed. “This is a…
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