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t. e. Unemployment insurance in the United States, colloquially referred to as unemployment benefits, refers to social insurance programs which replace a portion of wages for individuals during unemployment. The first unemployment insurance program in the U.S. was created in Wisconsin in 1932, and the federal Social Security Act of 1935 created ...
Kentucky is back to square one on its plan to upgrade the old computers at its Office of Unemployment Insurance, which failed to handle a crush of pandemic jobless claims.
More Americans are claiming unemployment insurance in July, the highest level in months. What does this mean for the economy and possibility of recession? We asked a University of Kentucky economist.
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 $8,000 to $12,000, over a ten-year period.
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The unemployment insurance program is a benefit for workers who have lost their jobs. The maximum duration of benefits has increased from 26 to 99 weeks in some states. Unemployment extensions across the U.S. are typically not a concern due to stringent policies that state unemployment agencies have enacted in recent years.
The unemployment insurance system is financed through payroll taxes that go into the federal and state unemployment insurance funds. So, there’s no need to worry about qualifying for fewer ...
Kentucky Employer's Mutual Insurance. Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance (KEMI) is a workers' compensation insurance company in Lexington, Kentucky. KEMI was created in 1995 and is the largest provider of workers' compensation insurance in Kentucky. [citation needed] KEMI is a mutual insurance company owned by its policyholders.