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(The Center Square) – Tennessee's unemployment rate is up slightly, but 91 of 94 counties still have a rate of less than 5%, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
In California, for example, weekly benefits are determined by the quarter in which you earned the highest amount while employed, and the weekly payment will be between $40 and $450.
For one, initial claims don't include continued claims—individuals who claim benefits for additional weeks of unemployment beyond their initial claim. Additionally, not all claimants will actually receive unemployment benefits. [1] The report is released weekly at 08:30 Eastern Time on Thursdays.
The Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08) is an extension of unemployment benefits authorized under federal law. The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (enacted on Feb 22, 2012) modified EUC08. [4] [5] Claimants who filed an initial claim effective on or after May 7, 2006 are potentially eligible for EUC08.
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Kentucky took the approach of raising taxes and lowering benefits to attempt to balance its unemployment insurance program. Starting in 2010, a claimant's weekly benefits will decrease from 68% to 62% and the taxable wage base will increase from US$8,000 to US$12,000, over a ten-year period.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office says states reported around $55.8 billion in overpayments of unemployment insurance benefits during the pandemic — $5.3 billion of which were fraudulent ...