Re: unemployment and labor and industries

#710676

maplesyrup
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Yeah mine went up by a lot too. The state’s justification is basically, “we’re processing more claims so we have to pass it along to businesses.”

Never mind that the last time I laid someone off was in 2008 and since then I’ve hired 2 people. By the state’s rationale I should be getting a reduction in rates, dammit.

But I think private companies would raise our rates annually regardless. My company health insurance goes up 11-14% a year even though on the whole we’re a very healthy and low maintenance group.