Indiana Unemployment Insurance Update

December 30th, 2006 Posted by Mark

New employers in the state of Indiana, the state authorities want to make sure you know two important things about the state unemployment insurance system. First, they want you to know they are a state that requires that every employer keep an unemployment insurance poster in their work places. That means each and every one of your work sites must have such a labor law poster in it, if you are liable for unemployment insurance taxes, that is.

You must hang the poster in a place that is prominent and easy to see in your work site. The state of Indiana even recommends that you have more than one unemployment benefit poster in each work site, to guarantee that all of your employees will see the poster on a regular basis.

And to go along with this unemployment insurance benefit poster, you must also have the proper unemployment insurance benefit handouts, reading materials to give out to employees whenever they request more information about how to qualify for unemployment insurance payments should you let them go.

According to the state rules, too, even if you don’t have a permanent work site where you can post such a poster, you still must have individual notices on unemployment insurance benefits to give out to each and every one of your employees.

What was that second thing that the state of Indiana wanted its new employees to know. That is that all of you will be taxed at a rate of 2.7 percent of your payroll, and that you will stay at this new employer tax rate until you have been taxed for 3 consecutive years, paid employees some money in the three years before registering as a new employer, or have not qualified for the penalty tax rate (for delinquent employers for instance.)

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Indiana Unemployment Insurance

March 9th, 2005 Posted by Jane

I understand that unemployment insurance is a partial, temporary replacement of income to employees who lose their jobs or work less than full time through no fault of their own. Employees must report immediately to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to qualify.

The basic requirements for collecting unemployment are that an employee must: 

  • Have been employed. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development publishes requirements for wages earned or time worked during an established period of time referred to as a “base period.”
  • Be determined to be unemployed through no fault of their own as defined under Indiana law. If an employee lost a job through no fault of their own because of a plant closure, layoff, natural disaster to the workplace, or other situation, they are, in most cases, eligible for unemployment compensation. Workers are not eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits if they quit a job or were fired for misconduct. Self-employed persons, independent contractors, casual employees, and farm workers are not covered.
  • File ongoing claims and respond to questions concerning continued eligibility. Workers must report any earnings from work and any job offers or refusal of work during any claim period.

Employees are entitled to receive between $50 and $390, depending on how much they made during their 12-month base period.

All claims for unemployment benefits are in effect for a 52-week period called a benefit year, according to my research. However, the maximum number of weeks full benefits are paid is 26, with some claims having fewer weeks. 

No deductions are made from employees’ pay for unemployment insurance. This employer pays this tax. Employers are required to post a notice of unemployment insurance benefits in their workplace.

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Indiana Workforce Development Act

June 9th, 2004 Posted by Jane

The Workforce Development Act provides grants and incentives to encourage innovative work programs in Indiana. I know that integrated services for job seekers, employers and partners are coordinated under the Department of Work Development and include: 

  • Job Seekers – job matching, skill improvement and unemployment centers, job training, veteran programs, and custom services. 
  • Employers receive job posting access, grants and credits, unemployment insurance and tax information, and statistical information. 
  • Partners can evaluate the viability of Indiana’s workforce with statistical data, information on grants, and other news. 

The most public and advertised program sponsored by the DWD for employers and workers is the unemployment benefits. The act provides compliance information and regulations to employers, and evaluates and distributes unemployment benefits to workers. 

I understand that unemployment insurance is a partial, temporary replacement of income to employees who lose their jobs or work less than full time through no fault of their own. Employees must report immediately to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to qualify. 

 

The basic requirements for collecting unemployment are that an employee must have been employed, be unemployed through no fault of their own, file ongoing claims and respond to questions concerning continued eligibility. 

 

The DWD provides displaced workers with job training, career advice, and many other benefits while they are unemployed. Employees are entitled to receive between $50 and $390, depending on how much they made during their 12-month base period. 

 

My research shows that all claims for unemployment benefits are in effect for a 52-week period called a benefit year, according to my research. However, the maximum number of weeks full benefits are paid is 26, with some claims having fewer weeks. 

 

No deductions are made from employees’ pay for unemployment insurance. This employer pays this tax. Employers are required to post a notice of worker’s right to the Workplace Development Act in their business. 

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