Do business owners need to pay Unemployment Insurance?

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Do business owners need to pay Unemployment Insurance? June 18, 2021 | Business | Employment   Let’s start with some background on unemployment insurance in Wisconsin. This article focuses on unemployment insurance from an employer’s perspective and specifically under Wisconsin state law. As such, we are not discussing the expanded unemployment provisions in the CARES […]

Unemployment Insurance Questions Answered

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Unemployment Insurance Questions Answered March 25, 2020 | COVID | Employment | Events    Nearly 70,000 claims for unemployment insurance were filed in Wisconsin for the week beginning March 16, 2020, with 21,000 filing on Monday March 23, and the filings are expected to rise before they subside. The average weekly claims filed for weeks […]