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Unemployment Compensation System

News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

Pierce Atwood LLP

Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House 4-26-13

by Avery T. Day, John D. Delahanty, Andrea Cianchette Maker | Pierce Atwood LLP on 4/26/2013

Major Tax Reform Proposal Starts to Take Shape - This week, the Maine media reported that Senator Woodbury is leading a bipartisan effort to draft a major tax reform proposal. This proposal will likely propose changes...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House 4-19-13

by Avery T. Day, John D. Delahanty, Andrea Cianchette Maker | Pierce Atwood LLP on 4/22/2013

A quiet week in Augusta. The House and Senate did not meet and only five Committees met to work on legislation. When the Legislature returns next week, there will be less than two months to go until the statutory adjournment...more

Pepper Hamilton LLP

Federal Appeals Court Holds That Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Benefits Are Not ‘Wages’ Subject To FICA Taxation,...

by Robert Hertzberg, Lisa B. Petkun, Michael Reed | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 4/15/2013

In an important recent decision, United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., et al., Case No. 01-1563, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18820 (6th Cir. Sept. 7, 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that supplemental...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Pennsylvania Regulatory Review Panel Disapproves Of L&I's New UC Active Work Search Requirements

by Jodi M. Frankel | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/22/2013

In the past year there has been a flurry of activity in the courts and the General Assembly surrounding the availability of unemployment compensation benefit to employees within the state. To start off 2012, amendments to the...more

XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis

Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Reform Affects Seasonal Workers

by Marta Moakley | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 2/6/2013

While Pennsylvania's unemployment compensation reform may save the state well over $250 million per year, the recent amendments are causing some dismay among seasonal workers. Under Act 60, Pennsylvania's unemployment...more

Cozen O'Connor

Early Retirees May Receive Unemployment Compensation, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules

by Emily Miller | Cozen O'Connor on 1/8/2013

For more than 20 years, Pennsylvania retirees who accepted an early retirement incentive plan have been denied unemployment compensation benefits under the Unemployment Compensation Law (UC law). The Supreme Court of...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

New Jersey Assembly Passes Bill Amending Unemployment Insurance Benefits Disqualification Standards

by Christopher J. Capone, Mark Diana, Evan J. Shenkman | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/14/2012

On December 3, 2012, the Assembly passed a bill (A1874) that would amend New Jersey’s Unemployment Compensation Law regarding disqualification from unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for misconduct by claimants. The bill...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Definition Of “Unemployment” In The Context Of Eligibility For Unemployment Insurance Benefits Is Amended

by Thomas L. Watson, II | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/13/2012

Louisiana Employment Security Law defined “unemployment” for purposes of collecting unemployment compensation benefits, itemizing a number of familial relationships to a principal or controlling stockholder or principal...more

Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

Sixth Circuit Holds that Severance Payments Are Not Subject to FICA Taxes

by Kevin J. Hogan, Marvin S. ("Bucky") Swift, Jr. | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 11/15/2012

In United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., et al., the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently held that severance payments qualified as supplemental unemployment compensation benefit (SUB) payments and...more

Varnum LLP

Court Rules Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Not Subject to Social Security, Medicare Taxes

by Varnum LLP on 10/12/2012

In a case from West Michigan, the federal court of appeals in Cincinnati recently ruled that certain payments of supplemental unemployment compensation are not “wages” subject to Social Security or Medicare taxes under the...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Five Things To Know About Paid Sick Leave, NLRB and Other New Developments

by Pullman & Comley, LLC on 10/5/2012

At yesterday’s labor & employment law seminar, we had both Heidi Lane, a Prinicipal Attorney with the Connecticut Department of Labor, and Jonathan Kreisberg, Regional Director of the NLRB’s Hartford Office, speak to...more

Frank Brunetti

New Laws Clamp Down On Employee Misclassifications

by Frank Brunetti on 4/6/2012

New Laws Clamp Down On Employee Misclassifications By Frank L. Brunetti on April 6th, 2012 Employers may be paying closer attention to how they classify workers in light of new state statutes that are being adopted in...more

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