Unemployment Insurance Reform For The New Workforce
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Author | : David E. Balducchi |
Publisher | : W.E. Upjohn Institute |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2018-09-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0880996528 |
The Unemployment Insurance (UI) system is a lasting piece of the Social Security Act which was enacted in 1935. But like most things that are over 80 years old, it occasionally needs maintenance to keep it operating smoothly while keeping up with the changing demands placed upon it. However, the UI system has been ignored by policymakers for decades and, say the authors, it is broken, out of date, and badly in need of repair. Stephen A. Wandner pulls together a group of UI researchers, each with decades of experience, who describe the weaknesses in the current system and propose policy reforms that they say would modernize the system and prepare us for the next recession.
Author | : Annisah Um'rani |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Older women |
ISBN | : 9781878428493 |
Author | : Lori G. Kletzer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Labor market |
ISBN | : |
"Despite significant changes in U.S. labor market, the basic structure of the nation's unemployment insurance (UI) program has remained unchanged since it was created in 1935. The current system is in need for reform in order to meet the needs of a twenty-first century workforce. Shortfalls in the current program fall into four categories: (1) overly restrictive eligibility criteria have resulted in low recipience rates; (2) benefit levels are low; (3) the federal tax system used to finance the program is regressive; (4) and the mechanism to automatically extend UI during periods of prolonged economic downsturns is broken. As a result of these and other factors, only about one-third of unemployed workers currently receive assistance under the UI program, and that assistance falls short of the original goal of replacing at least half of previous earnings. In addition, the system provides no assistance either to the self-employed or to those who become reemployed at lower wages. In this paper we propose three broad reforms, each designed to help the UI system better meet the needs of a twenty-first century workforce. First, we propose strengthening the federal role in UI by setting federal standards that would aim to raise average national benefit levels and average national recipiency rates. Expansion in the program would be financed by raising the FUTA taxable wage base over time to 45,000 to for inflation over recent decades. Second, we propose a wage-loss insurance program, as part of the UI program, to provide an earnings supplement for those workers who become reemployed at a wage lower than the wage they earned at their previous job. Finally, we propose allowing self-employed workers, and perhaps others, to contribute up to 0.25 percent of annual income, up to 200 per year, into Personal Unemployment Accounts (PUAs). These contributions would be matched by the federal government and could be withdrawn later to cushion severe income losses or to finance training or job research"--P. 2.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Wayne Vroman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Insurance, Unemployment |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Christopher J. O'Leary author |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Unemployment insurance |
ISBN | : |
We present a graphic case for unemployment insurance (UI) program reform. Through a series of illustrations summarizing historical trends, we show how the UI system has diverged from its intended purposes. Our figures show the decline of the program in addressing its essential aims of paying adequate unemployment compensation during involuntary unemployment and providing reemployment services. We illustrate the big differences in UI programs that have emerged because of the broad discretion afforded states to determine benefit generosity. We also illustrate declines in the financial means for providing benefits and reemployment services and a widening divergence among states in the quality of UI programs. Our concluding section presents a list of reforms that would restore UI as a pillar of social insurance and the labor market.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Insurance, Unemployment |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Harry J. Holzer |
Publisher | : Public Policy Instit. of CA |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Employer attitude surveys |
ISBN | : 1582130574 |
Author | : Annisah Um'rani |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Public welfare |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |