The National Unemployment Insurance Issues Conference

The National UI Issues Conference is the only national conference on unemployment insurance focusing on the concerns of the employers who finance the system. Planned by business for business, this Conference explores the major UI issues that businesses face every day. Discover the changing trends in UI law, regulation and practice. Find out what you need to know to reduce tax and benefit charges. Learn best practices in appeals and how automation could favorably impact your bottom line. Network with UI experts in business and government, and learn what your peers from across the country are thinking and doing. Discover cutting edge tips that will save you time and money.

The Agenda for the 2010 UI Issues Conference addresses the urgent state of unemployment trust fund solvency, tax and administrative burden associated with the program as we emerge from the Great Recession, and the issues associated with economic recovery and improved UI administration. General sessions and workshops during the conference will include:

• State UI Taxes and Trust Fund Solvency
• National Review of the UI Program
• Options to address UI Trust Fund Solvency and Negotiation Strategies
• Misclassification of Worker Issues
• Availability and Work Search Benefit Eligibility Issues
• Work Sharing and Short Time Compensation
• Tax Incentives to Encourage Hiring
• Reimbursing Employer Issues
• Representation by Non-attorneys in UI Hearings
• Claims Management and Appeals Best Practices
• UI Program Integrity
• UI Modernization Expansion Issues
• Professional Employer Organization and Temporary Services Issues
• Web-based and Electronic Exchange of Information for UI Administration