Tag: Unemployment Insurance
State Leaders Should Use Budget Surplus to Restore Tax Incentives, Repay UI Debt
Only 18 months ago, expecting a massive pandemic-induced collapse of economic activity, California finance officials predicted a staggering $54 billion state budget deficit. The...
UI Fund Insolvency and Payroll Tax Increases – Who’s Going to Do Something About...
With the legislative frenzy complete for the year, Sacramento’s policymakers are turning their eyes towards next year’s budget and their next round of legislative...
Legislative Action Can Avert Tax Hike on State Employers
Like the rest of California society, employers are cautiously hopeful the worst of the pandemic has passed. The wreckage of human life, family health,...
Legislature Passes Budget, Clearing the Way for Real Budget Negotiations
The Legislature fulfilled its constitutional obligation this week by approving a state budget just ahead of the June 15 deadline. But meeting the formal...
Rising Payroll Taxes Coming to Shore Up California’s Pandemic-Depleted UI Fund
As the 2021 crop of legislation is coming into form and moving through legislative committees addressing a range of topics, one topic is conspicuously...
Streamlined Work Sharing Program Offers Alternative to Layoffs
As California businesses continue to struggle to maintain their workforces during COVID-related closing and reopenings, employers should keep in mind California’s underutilized work share...
AB 1731 Provides Rare Win-Win Option for California’s Businesses and Workers During Economic Downturn
As the 2020 legislative season comes to a close, we can certainly say it has been a chaotic time for employers. One bright spot...
How Part-Time Return to Work Affects Employee’s UI Benefits
My employee has been on furlough and collecting unemployment insurance (UI). If I bring her back to work part time, what is the maximum...
COVID-19 Loans and the New Economy
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg and Mark Vitner, managing director and senior economist at Wells Fargo...
Update on Key Bills Affecting California Employers
The California Legislature has one final month to pass bills to the Governor before going on recess for the rest of the year.
In this...