U.C. Consultants offers a comprehensive set of services all designed to lower your company’s costs of unemployment insurance.
Claims Administration
- Protest Initial claims
- Employ technically precise terminology to avoid unnecessary administrative problems
- Protest/manage determinations
- Ensure timely and concise responses
Actuarial Services
- Compute liability and maximum potential costs for each claim
- Verify base period wages
- Protest erroneous charges
- Initiate all correspondence
- Account for every dollar in benefit liability
- Track benefit charges
- Review last three years payroll for tax rate purposes and file for refunds where applicable
- Review acquisition and merger impact on unemployment tax rates and file for refunds where applicable
Hearing Representation
- Coordinate hearing arrangements
- Select appropriate witness(es) for relevant testimony
- Elicit accountability through pertinent documentation and verbal accounts from affected personnel
- Handle appeals at the Commission Review level, including submission of statements as well as oral arguments, when prudent
Management Reporting
- One-page summary statement citing total claims activity and cost allocations
- Individual summary statements by department and departmental comparison
- Detailed departmental claims activity reports
- Cost per claim, per employee, current and paid-to-date
- Preventive statistical analysis reports
- Custom reports to address individual needs
Policy Review & Legislative Monitoring
- Evaluate unemployment compensation statutes, existing cost levels, payroll procedures and personnel policies
- Examine separation data for accuracy and complete documentation
- Furnish federal and state law updates—provide new guidelines on exemptions and exclusions
- Research topical issues affecting unemployment compensation and submit white papers describing positions and options
Supervisory Training
- Conduct educational seminars for supervisory personnel
- Online e-learning and reference for new supervisors
- Custom workshops to the particular needs of a department or an overall unit
Consulting
- Daily consultation available by phone, e-mail and FAX
Tax Credit Services
- WOTC (Work Opportunity Tax Credit)
- WWC (Welfare to Work Credit)
- Federal Empowerment Zone Credits
- Enterprise Communities Credits
- State Tax Credits
- Renewal Communities
