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Social Security Administration Inspector General Releases Report

By |2023-09-29T20:13:03+00:00September 29th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

Report Recommends SSA Access Workers' Comp Data to Apply Offset On September 18, 2023, the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report of its review of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) offset for workers’ compensation and public disability benefits. The report recommended that SSA Determine whether SSA made inaccurate WC/PDB [...]

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Interest Due September 30, 2021 on State UI Loans

By |2021-09-22T17:39:14+00:00September 9th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized, Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , , , |

The temporary waiver of interest on state unemployment trust fund loans provided in Section 4103 in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act is ending September 6, 2021, leaving states with remaining loan balances responsible to pay daily interest through September 30, 2021. As of September 2, 2021 the states with outstanding loan balances included CA, CO, [...]

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US Treasury and US DOL Permit ARPA Funds to be Used for Expanded Unemployment Benefits after September 6th

By |2021-08-20T21:22:34+00:00August 20th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized, Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , |

On Thursday, August 19, 2021 the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and the U.S. Secretary of Labor informed congressional leadership that states could use some of their shares of ARPA funds to further extend expanded unemployment compensation and assistance. Download the PDF here and read the article here. The letter outlines specific steps that the federal [...]

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Business Associations Support Cancellation of Pandemic Unemployment Extra Benefits

By |2021-09-22T17:41:17+00:00July 26th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized, Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , |

In May 2021, Governor Mike DeWine notified the United States Department of Labor that Ohio would be terminating its administration of the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (“FPUC”) and the Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation (“MEUC”, together with the FPUC the “Temporary Federal UI Programs”) programs. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce, the Ohio Business Roundtable, the Ohio Restaurant [...]

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Connecticut Enacts Burdensome New Employer UI Quarterly Report Requirements

By |2021-07-15T20:27:28+00:00July 15th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized, Unemployment Insurance|

On  June 23rd Connecticut  Governor Ned Lamont signed SB 1202, the implementing bill companion to the state budget for the biennium ending June 30, 2023. Included in the bill was a provision that would impose a tremendous reporting burden for employers doing business in the state of Connecticut. The legislation dramatically expands the requirements for quarterly reports [...]

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Oklahoma Commission Declares Opt-Out Unconstitutional and Unenforceable

By |2016-03-11T03:10:09+00:00March 1st, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

In an extended opinion released February 26, 2016, the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission held Based upon these findings and conclusions we hold that the Oklahoma Employee lnjury Benefit Act, in establishing and defining the conditions to be a Qualified Benefit Plan at section 203, denies equal protection to injured workers in oklahoma, and that Section 203, [...]

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Appointments to Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) Announced – terms limited

By |2016-03-11T03:08:26+00:00February 23rd, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

On January 20, 2016, Secretary Perez selected 15 members and a Special Agency Liaison to serve on the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH). On April 29, 2015, the Secretary of Labor previously announced the renewal of MACOSH, and the MACOSH charter was signed on April 30, 2015, with an expiration date after [...]

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National Advisory Committee On Safety and Health Meeting March 4th to Hear Comments on OSHA Draft Guidelines

By |2016-02-22T00:32:14+00:00February 22nd, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

On March 4, 2016 from 2:00 to 5:00 the National Advisory Committee on Safety and Health will meeting in Room N–5437A, Conference Rooms A–B, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. to consider and make recommendations on OSHA’s draft Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. The draft guidelines may be found at [...]

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Workers’ Compensation Issues in President Obama’s FY 2017 Budget

By |2016-02-22T00:35:47+00:00February 16th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

The following new and significant items related to workers compensation were included in the President’s Budget proposal for FY 2017 Social Security Administration The budget re-proposes the development of a process to collect workers’ compensation (WC) information in a timely manner from states and private insurers in order to correctly offset SSDI benefits and reduce SSI [...]

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President Obama’s FY 2017 Budget Seeks National Employment Classification Standards, Including for Workers’ Comp. and Unemployment Comp.

By |2016-02-22T00:42:45+00:00February 10th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

The Obama FY 2017 proposes once again to address “misclassification” of employee issues and independent contractor issues, citing not only the need for uniformity for federal employment tax administration, reporting and enforcement, but also for state based determinations for unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation purposes. See https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/Documents/General-Explanations-FY2017.pdf for details. The proposal seeks a single federally determined [...]

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