Tag: Unemployment Claims

  • Executive’s Guide to Unemployment Insurance Claims Process

    Executive’s Guide to Unemployment Insurance Claims Process

    In 2022, American workers received 24.26 billion dollars in unemployment insurance benefits. Currently, 2023 unemployment benefit payments are on pace to exceed those paid out in 2022. This huge number impacts nearly all American businesses. Business owners and stakeholders need to understand the unemployment insurance claims process, how it is calculated, and ways to control…

  • Ask An HR Expert: What is the emergency FMLA expansion?

    Ask An HR Expert: What is the emergency FMLA expansion?

    Hello! Thank you for joining me for another episode of Ask an HR Expert. My name is Katie Stewart, and I am with Tandem HR. Today’s questions is: What is the emergency FMLA expansion and how to do I know if my employees are eligible?     Any employer that has less than 500 employees…

  • Ask An HR Expert: What if I don’t have 40 hours’ worth of work for my employees?

    Ask An HR Expert: What if I don’t have 40 hours’ worth of work for my employees?

    Hello! Thank you for joining me for another episode of Ask an HR Expert. My name is Katie Stewart, and I am with Tandem HR. Today’s questions is: What are my options if I’m not able to provide 40 hours’ worth of work to my employees right now?     Your options for reducing employee…

  • 7 Ways to Keep Unemployment Claims Under Control

    7 Ways to Keep Unemployment Claims Under Control

    Unemployment Claims. The Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program provides financial aid to eligible workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own, as determined under state law. All businesses pay for mandatory unemployment insurance to cover the cost of this benefit and annual rates will vary depending on past unemployment claims against the business. Although laws…