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On March 14, the DOL announced new tools to help states detect and recover improper unemployment insurance (UI) payments as well as fight UI fraud.
The new online tool is called the Fraud Tips and Leads Gateway and it gives any user the ability to report fraud. Essentially, the DOL is putting power into the hands of the people to help lower fraud and overpayments. It will help states act quickly to investigate tips and leads as well as prosecute fraudulent claims. The DOL is also publishing new, simplified materials that highlight the most common mistakes made by claimants. And for businesses, the materials offer instructions on how to avoid the negative tax implications of wrongful claims.
Said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. “Too many people don’t know their responsibilities under the program, and too many businesses don’t know what’s at stake for them, especially the tax implications. The tools announced today will help educate consumers and businesses, and ultimately improve the UI system.”
To get these tools into the hands of the public, the department is working with states and through the workforce system to broadly display these materials in public areas and to post them online, says SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management.
These new resources are expected to help cut down on the billions overpaid, and ultimately help businesses reduce the UI tax rates they pay to the state. The DOL also announced $192 million in grant funds to implement waste-cutting initiatives and improve the UI system. It is expected that these efforts combined will help reduce fraud and overpayments, and potentially save state governments and businesses millions of dollars.
View the DOL map of improper payments by states and find out about the new toolsHERE.
Read the DOL’s fact sheet: “Are You Doing Everything to Protect Your Business from Higher Taxes”.