State Unemployment Benefit Overpayment Penalty Laws Added
Author: Rena Pirsos, Brightmine Legal Editor
Many states have enacted so-called UI integrity laws in order to comply with a federal mandate. The laws penalize employers for unemployment benefit overpayments caused by an employer's failure to properly respond to state agency requests for information about underlying unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims.
The Unemployment Insurance Tax content of the following latest batch of states to enact such a law has been updated in the Employment Law Manual. The new laws are effective on the dates noted for each state:
- July 1: Arkansas, Florida and Minnesota
- July 10: New Hampshire
- October 1: District of Columbia
- October 7: Oregon
- October 21: Delaware, Michigan and Ohio
- October 22: New Jersey
The content of the following five additional states has been enhanced with UI integrity laws that were enacted prior to 2013:
A proposed UI integrity rule that would be effective October 21, 2013 has been added to the Missouri UI section in the Future Developments subsection.
In addition, the content of the following four states has been enhanced with UI integrity provisions that were already included in those states' UI laws before the federal mandate was enacted:
These states do not need to enact a new UI integrity law.
HR & Compliance Center will continue to provide updates as the remaining states enact conforming laws.
Additional Resources
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