Mark Your Calendars for the 2024 National UI Issues Conference in Spokane, WA, June 26-28, 2024
We are moving the conference this year to the Great Northwest! The National Foundation for Unemployment Compensation and Workers’ Compensation will be hosting the 2024 National Unemployment Insurance Issues Conference, June 26-June 28, 2024 at The Davenport Grand, Autograph Collection Hotel in Spokane, WA.
- Online Hotel Reservations
- By Phone: 509-458-3330 , mention – National Foundation for Unemployment and Workers Comp UI Issues Conference
- Reservation Deadline: May 31, 2024
- Cancellation policy – 48 hours prior to arrival.
- Please make hotel reservations at least a month in advance.
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
We invite you to join employers, states, and worker representatives to review all of the big issues facing Unemployment Insurance – and develop solutions! Be sure to register today to join this national discussion. Over the next few months, we’ll be developing a comprehensive agenda for the conference. Conference registration will be open in January 2024.
2023 Unemployment Insurance Issues Conference
The National Foundation for Unemployment Compensation and Workers' Compensation hosted the 2023 National Unemployment Insurance Issues Conference June 28-30, 2023 at the Renasant Convention Center in Memphis, TN.
2023 UI Issues Conference Program (with links to presentations)
- UI 101 Basics
- Roll Call of Recent State Law Changes, New UI Legislation and Lawsuits
- Review of the Economy and Impact on Unemployment
- National Unemployment Insurance Program Update
- National Unemployment Insurance Legislative Update
- Improving UI Through Collaboration
- UI Modernization Initiative and Implementation
- UI Trust Fund Solvency
- Benefit Charge and Tax Audit Issues
- Current Federal Conformity and Compliance Issues
- Roundtable Discussion on UI Law and Policy Issues
- Rethinking Return to Work
- Expanding Quarterly Wage Reports Requirements
- Integrity Best Practices
- UI Appeals and Mock Hearing
- UI Tax Filing and Payments
- UI Benefit Overpayment and Recovery
About UWC
Established in 1933, UWC – Strategic Services on Unemployment & Workers’ Compensation (UWC) is the only broad-based, country-wide association exclusively devoted to representing the interests of the business community on national unemployment insurance (UI) and workers’ compensation (WC) public policy issues.
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