Controlling Unemployment Insurance Costs

With powerful, clearly written advice on how to control and to reduce dramatically unemployment insurance compensation taxes, here is an authoritative, useful guide to the UIC system. The authors draw upon their extensive experience to detail intricacies and pitfalls in the UIC system; they provide principles and strategies to help employers avoid them. With information on documenting and warning employees in cases where discharge may be imminent, proper use of the information in this book can help protect a company against unwarranted UIC tax charges. The authors also guide employers through the appeals process, demonstrating how to prepare, organize, and present a UIC case. Also included are myths and misconceptions about the UIC system, a look inside a local UIC office, and in-depth examination of how to deal with the UIC decision process, from the local office to the highest level of administrative appeal.This guide is an indispensible tool for anyone involved in hiring, discharging, or dealing with unemployment issues. Complete with sample forms and letters, a sample script of a typical UIC hearing, and comprehensive glossary, Controlling Unemployment Insurance Costs is a unique resource for employers in the private sector, and can also be used effectively by federal, state, and local government agencies. Human resource managers in universities and schools, non-profit organizations, and attorneys and paralegals will also find it valuable.

Authoritative, readable, useful advice on how the unemployment insurance compensation system works--and a cost-saving guide to working within it.

Introduction: A Guide to the Intricacies of the Unemployment Insurance SystemUnderstanding the Unemployment Insurance Compensation ProgramCommon Myths and Misconceptions about Unemployment InsuranceDocumenting and WarningsDischarging an EmployeeQuits and LayoffsThe UIC Local-Office Claims ProcessAfter the First-Level DecisionPreparing for the Appeals HearingThe Day of the Appeals HearingThe First-Level Appeals HearingBeyond the Appeals HearingAppendix A: Sample Warning Forms and Other Useful FormsAppendix B: Important ChecklistsAppendix C: Sample Forms Used during the Claims and Appeals ProcessAppendix D: Sample LettersAppendix E: Sample ScriptAppendix F: Listing of UIC Benefits by JurisdictionAppendix G: Drug Testing--What Every Employer Should KnowGlossaryBibliographyIndex