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Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill Intended to Make Striking Workers Eligible for Unemployment Compensation

By |2023-10-04T17:20:20+00:00October 4th, 2023|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , |

On Saturday, September 30, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) returned S 799 to the California General Assembly without his signature. See his veto message at SFresno_Biz23093017010 (ca.gov) In  vetoing the bill Governor Newsom issued a statement that Any expansion of eligibility for UI benefits could increase California's outstanding federal UI debt projected to be nearly $20 billion by [...]

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Business Coalition Raises Concerns with California COVID Presumption

By |2020-08-29T21:19:26+00:00August 29th, 2020|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: , |

A business led coalition is raising concerns with legislation proposed in California that would largely incorporate the terms of Governor Newsom’s executive order that created a COVID-19 presumption. The letter from the group attached addresses the provisions in SB 1159, which includes three Sections. SECTION 1 codifies the policy contained in Executive Order N-62-20, which was [...]

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FUTA Tax in California Going Down to 0.6% – Virgin Islands FUTA goes up again

By |2018-11-15T03:46:55+00:00November 15th, 2018|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , |

Yes, it is official!! After years of recovery from the 2008 recession and constantly increasing FUTA taxes due from employers in California, the state has finally met the key condition needed to avoid FUTA credit reductions: no outstanding Title XII loans.  On November 10th , USDOL published the official notice. See also the spreadsheet "Final 2018 Federal Unemployment [...]

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California and Virgin Islands only states with FUTA Offset Credit Reductions for 2017

By |2017-12-15T03:01:01+00:00December 4th, 2017|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: , , , |

The U.S. Department of Labor review of state UI loan status and remaining balances has been completed for 2017 and the only states with remaining outstanding loans as of November 10th were California and the Virgin Islands. As a result of the outstanding loan balances, employers in California and the Virgin Islands will be subject to a [...]

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2017 State Workers’ Comp. Fiscal Data Research Bulletin Available

By |2017-12-15T17:48:24+00:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The annual Workers’ Compensation Fiscal Data Research Bulletin showing state workers’ compensation system payments and costs from 2006 to 2015 is now available for purchase. The fiscal bulletin shows the continued  economic expansion and trend toward lower benefit cost rates. The number of covered workers in all states increased from 129.9 million in 2014 to 132.4 million for [...]

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