Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2011

Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2011, Loryn Lancaster – Monthly Labor Review, February 2012.

  • “In 2011, the federal government addressed a pair of issues concerning methodological aspects associated with the unemployment rate, as well as discontinuing an important surtax. First, regarding methodology, on June 13, 2011, the Department of Labor published a notice in the Federal Register informing states of the methodology used to calculate the “on” and “off” total unemployment rate indicators to determine when extended-benefit periods begin and end in a state. Also, retroactive to April 16, 2011, the methodology for calculating the 110-percent look-back requirement based on the total unemployment rate is switched from rounding at the fourth decimal place to rounding at the second decimal place. Second, to meet federal requirements, effective July 1, 2011, the 0.2-percent Federal Unemployment Tax Act surtax, originally enacted in 1976 and extended eight times thereafter, was discontinued. The tax had affected most employers.”
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