In this Presentation:
- The Push for Reform
- House Bill 4
- Increased UI Tax Rates
- Reduction in Weekly Benefit Amount
- Reduction in Duration of Benefits
- Waiting Week for Each Claim
- New Definition of “Suitable Work”
- Elimination of “Good Cause” Reasons for Quitting
- “Substantial Fault” Repealed
- Higher Burden to Prove Misconduct in “Discharge” Claims
- Proving Misconduct
- Restrictions on Attached Claims
- Action Items
- Action Items-Focus on Effective Documentation
- After a Claim is Filed . . . Provide Adequate Response to NCUI 500 AB
- Responding to NCUI 500 AB
- Handling Appeals Hearings
- Resources
- Excerpt from The Push for Reform:
- NC owed Federal Treasury approximately $2.5 billion
- Employers faced continued prospect of annual increases in FUTA taxes until debt paid off
•Not expected to occur until 2019 under old system
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