Seminar offers employers advice on unemployment insurance

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The Department of Employment and Economic Development will present a Minnesota unemployment insurance overview seminar.

It will take place Wednesday, June 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Alexandria Technical College, Room 209. Lunch will be served. The seminar is sponsored in partnership with the Alexandria Technical College and West Central MN SHRM. This program has been pre-approved for 3.5 (general) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

Wayne Johnson, unemployment insurance benefits specialist, and Gary Johnson, employer-agent liaison with the Unemployment Insurance Program at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, will discuss a broad range of unemployment insurance topics including:

•Unemployment benefits eligibility (quits, discharges, misconduct).

•Partial UI – Minnesota shared work program.

•Temporary and permanent layoffs.

•Employer online self-service system (with a focus on online benefits functionality).

•Filing an appeal or raising an issue.

•Covered vs. non-covered employment (owners, independent contractors, family, etc.).

•Tax rates and experience rating.

•Taxable wages.

•Submitting quarterly wage detail reports.

•Reporting unemployment fraud.

Space is limited. Submit registration and $10 payment by June 19. Make checks payable to WCSHRM. Mail payment and registration form to: Minnesota WorkForce Center-DEED, Attn: Lee Helgenset, 303 22nd Avenue West, Suite 107, Alexandria MN 56308, or e-mail the information to lee.helgenset@state.mn.us.

For more information, call (320) 762-7800.

Tags: business, unemployment, insurance