Department of Labor Filing

If you are an employer, and you have an employee other than yourself, you are liable for unemployment insurance (UI).  If you wrote any checks to an employee, you owe your percentage rate up to $9,500 per employee per year.  It normally equates to a couple hundred dollars per employee per year.

When you fire that employee (in worst case scenarios) and that employee draws unemployment, you must pay it all back to the department of labor.  Normally, you will receive a notification of rate change for the immediate next quarter.  It normally jumps 2 – 4 % when you have an unemployment case.   Your rate will stay high until the department of labor is paid in full (most times they forget to let you know this while you continue to pay the higher rates).

No worries however, we are here to help you.  We’ve filed hundreds of tax and wage reports for dozens of employers.  We also have a good repertoire with DOL agents.  Most issues are resolved by the end of one phone call.  We get this all done for you while you run your company.