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Top Five Ways an Employer Can Help Reduce Unemployment Insurance Fraud - Unemployment Insurance

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Help Control Your Unemployment Insurance (UI) Costs

  1. Report the reason a former employee is unemployed in a timely and accurate manner.
    You are required to provide the Maryland Division of Unemployment Insurance (the Division) with the reason a former employee is unemployed within eight calendar days. The Division will send you a Request for Separation Information notice when a claim for UI benefits is filed. You are required to complete the requested information, including the reason your former employee is unemployed, and submit the notice to the Division. You can submit the completed notice in BEACON, SIDES, or by mail (to the address listed in the form).
     
  2. Report all new hires and rehires to the Maryland New Hire Registry.
    Timely reporting of all new hires and rehires helps prevent payment of ineligible UI claims after an individual has returned to work.
     
  3. Respond quickly to National Directory of New Hires letters and Benefit Cross Match letters.
    A prompt response to a request for verification of employee earnings will help prevent the improper payment of benefits.
     
  4. Attend appeal hearings.
    If you appeal a determination awarding unemployment insurance benefits to a former employee, you are strongly encouraged to participate in the appeal hearing. Failure to appear at the hearing, in most cases, will result in an award of benefits. Your participation is critical to the proper determination of claimant eligibility for benefits.
     
  5. File your quarterly tax and wage reports and pay your taxes timely.
    Failure to do so will result in the assessment of a penalty and interest and may increase your federal UI liability. The proper payment of taxes to the UI Trust Fund enhances the solvency of the Fund. The prompt and accurate reporting of wage information helps us in the proper determination of claimant eligibility for benefits.

Stop Unemployment Insurance Fraud

To report UI fraud, you can:

For more information, visit our website or e-mail dluiemployerassistance-labor@maryland.gov.