Idaho employers catch break on taxes to support workers who lost jobs from pandemic
David Staats, Idaho Statesman
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IDAHO FALLS (Idaho Statesman) – Idaho businesses won’t have to foot the full bill for unemployment compensation paid to workers furloughed or laid off as the coronavirus gripped Idaho. The nation’s taxpayers will, eventually.
The Idaho Department of Labor said Friday that it will keep its standard unemployment-insurance tax rate on employers at the legal minimum in 2021: 1% of payroll costs. That’s despite a surge of claims for unemployment compensation that placed heavy demands on the state’s unemployment trust fund this year.
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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims our on their typical holiday season roller coaster. Claims fell last week after the previous week s spike of 2,013, but have been trending up consistently the last two months. Claims fell 579 to 1,434 last week (up 895 from the same time last year).
As for the week s ongoing jobless claims, for the week ending December 12, 2020, the Labor Department processed 13,343 claims, down 608 from the previous week and 9,235 more than the same time last year.
As for further comparison, initial Vermont claims for the week of March 21, 2020, were 3,784, up 3,125 from the week of March 14.
Gov. Beshear provides Tuesday update on COVID-19 response in Kentucky By Brian Planalp | December 18, 2020 at 5:45 PM EST - Updated December 18 at 5:59 PM
FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX19) - Kentucky reported 3,179 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 28 new virus-related deaths Wednesday.
âChristmas is probably my favorite day of the year, and I know we all want to celebrate the way we usually do, but this year we need to do things differently,â said Gov. Andy Beshear.
âWith vaccines arriving this week, we can see the bright light at the end of the tunnel. Now we just need everyone to keep doing their part to protect one another.â
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