Select Page Biz Feel Blindsided by New UI System Costs By State House News Service | Apr 13, 2021 | Reprints | Print
With some Massachusetts businesses facing sudden and sharp unemployment tax increases just weeks after implementation of a new law aimed at limiting their costs, a top lawmaker wants Gov. Charlie Baker to intervene with a legislative fix.
Sen. Patricia Jehlen, co-chair of the legislature’s Labor and Workforce Development Committee, said Monday that she was surprised as were many small businesses and industry groups to hear reports about employers who now face greater-than-anticipated unemployment contributions because of an unexpected jump in the solvency fund assessment.