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UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE FACTS
TAXABLE
WAGE BASE FOR 2006:
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$11,000.00 |
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2006 Unemployment Tax Rate:
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Maximum rate 8.9%. Cost per employee ...............
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$979.00
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Minimum rate 1.1%. Cost per employee ...............
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$121.00
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Potential Saving
Per Employee ...........................
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$858.00
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TAXABLE WAGE BASE INCREASED FROM:
2004:
2005:
2006:
2007: |
$9,800
$10,500
$11,000
$11,500 |
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2006 Unemployment Weekly Benefit Amounts:
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Minimum weekly benefit amount ...........................
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$ 51.00
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Maximum Single no
dependents ...........................
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$350.00
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Maximum Married
non-working spouse ...............
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$416.00
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Maximum with dependent
child .............................
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$475.00
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| Maximum Total Benefits: 26 times the
weekly benefit amount |
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Total savings go to
your bottom line.
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Chargeable Employer:
The employee worked on 30 working days from
the date of claim, back to the beginning
of the base period,
OR
The claimant worked and earned his/her
weekly benefit amount in each of four
weeks after filing an initial claim and
being denied benefits due to a
discharge for misconduct, voluntary quit,
or refusal of suitable work.
Voluntary Leaving (Section 601):
An individual shall be
ineligible for benefits for the week in
which he/she has left work
voluntarily without good cause attributable
to the employing unit and,
thereafter, until he/she has become reemployed
and has had earnings equal to
or in excess of his/her weekly benefit
amount in each of four calendar weeks.
Discharge for Misconduct (Section 602):
An individual shall be
ineligible for benefits for the week in
which he/she has been discharged for
misconduct connected with his/her work
and, thereafter, until he/she has
become reemployed and has had earnings
equal to or in excess of his/her
weekly benefit amount in each of four calendar
weeks.
Refusal of Work (Section 603):
An individual shall be ineligible for
benefits
for the week in which he/she
has failed, without good cause, either
to apply for available, suitable work
when so directed by the employment office
or the Director, or to accept
suitable work when offered by the employment
office or an employing unit, or
to return to his customary self-employment
(if any) when so directed by the
employment office or the Director. Such
ineligibility shall continue
for the week in which such failure occurred
and, thereafter, until the/she
has become reemployed and has had earnings
equal to or in excess of his/her
weekly benefit amount in each of four calendar
weeks.
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Unemployment
Consultants, Inc.
55 South Vail,
Suite 1102
Arlington Heights,
IL 60005
Phone:
1-847-670-0590
Fax:
1-847-670-0596
Email: uctaxes@aol.com
Attn: Carol Gabrielsen or
Gregory
Gabrielsen
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