South Dakota Association of School Business Administrators
April 29, 2010
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Unemployment Insurance Program Goal
• Temporary benefit to unemployed workers• Unemployed through no fault• Attached to labor force, available for employment
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Attachment to Labor Force
• Measured by base period wages• Average: Minimum five months work in 12 month
base period
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2008OctNovDec
2009JanFebMar
2009AprMayJun
2009Jul
AugSep
2009OctNovDec
2010JanFebMar
Claim Filed
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Base Period
Wages Not Used
Base period changes every quarter.
• First four of last five completed quarters• Eligibility requires earnings in two base period quarters
Base Period
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• Last four completed quarters• Eligibility remains the same, earnings in two quarters
2008OctNovDec
2009JanFebMar
2009AprMayJun
2009Jul
AugSep
2009OctNovDec
2010JanFebMar
Claim Filed1 2 3 4
Alternative Base PeriodBase period changes every quarter.
Alternative Base Period
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Benefit Amounts
• Weekly benefit:• Minimum $28• Maximum $309
• Total benefit paid during benefit year:• 1/3 total base-period earnings, up to 26 times
weekly benefit.• Maximum of 26 x $309 = $8,034
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Additional Stimulus Benefits
• Additional $25 in weekly benefit payments from federal stimulus funding.
• Additional 34 week benefit extension from federal stimulus funding; 20 weeks, additional 14 weeks.
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Work Separations and Claimant Eligibility
• Voluntarily Quit• Claimant must establish “good cause” for quitting
employment.• Discharge
• Employer must establish work-connected misconduct.
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Employer Process
• Notification of a claim.• 15 day period to respond.
• Report separation pay.• Quit or Discharge. • Documentation – Not required but could support
employer.
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Employer Process
• UI Division may call for more information or clarification.
• Decision on eligibility.• 15 day appeal period.• Administrative Appeals Office in Pierre, Aberdeen first
point of contact.
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• Serve “Waiting Week.”• Must be able and available for work.• Conduct an active search for work:
• Two job contacts a week.• Register with the South Dakota Department of
Labor.• Willing to accept “Suitable Work.”
Claimant Responsibilities
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• A claimant must be physically able to work in their usual occupation or other work for which the claimant is reasonably fitted.
• A claimant must be available for work the majority of the week.
Able and Available For Work
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Refusal of Suitable Work
• The Division will consider the following factors in determining suitable work:
• Risk involved:• Prior earnings.• Distance from residence.• Prior experience and training.• Local job market.• Length of unemployment.
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• 15 day appeal period.• 7 day advance notice of hearing • Attend the hearing - person with direct knowledge.
Appeals
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• Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)• Teleconference• ALJ issues written decision• Appeal to Secretary, Circuit Court
Appeal Hearings
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Billing Statement
• Quarterly• Individuals paid, weeks, amounts
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Financing Options
• Reimbursing – self-insured, billed for actual claims paid.
• Tax Paying – pay mandatory quarterly premium.• Insure against no-fault claims.
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General Eligibility
• Not paid in summer if contract or reasonable assurance or re-employment.
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Substitute Teachers
• Wages used on claims.• Eligibility? Week by week during school year.
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UI Modernization
• ARRA legislation• Option 1, $5.8 million
• Alternative Base Period• Implemented 2009
• Option 2, $11.7 million• Part-time workers• Additional training – $800,000 cost.
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Don Kattke - Unemployment Insurance Director (605) 626-2452 Sharon Schnabel, Deputy UI Director (605) 626-2452Mike Buske - Tax Administrator (605) 626-2312
www.sdjobs.org
DOL Staff Contacts
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Gerry Davis - Benefits Administrator (605) 626-2452James Marsh - Director of Labor and Management
(605) 773-3681Rebecca Stoltenburg - New Hire Reporting Manager
(888) 827-6078
www.sdjobs.org
DOL Staff Contacts
