Dan Stevenson, Sr. voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Title: Unemployment Tax Law Amendments
Signed by Governor Mitch Daniels, Jr.
Title: Unemployment Tax Law Amendments
Vote to pass a bill that amends various employment laws.
-Increases the cost of certain state controlled projects from $12 million to $18 million, or an amount equal to 1% of the total gross assessed property value if the amount is at least $1 million, on the condition that the statewide unemployment rate of the previous year is 10% or higher (Sec. 1 [IC 6-1.1-20-3.5]). -Requires that an individual performing construction services for a contractor to be considered an employee of the contractor (Sec. 5 [IC 22-2-15]). -Requires records to be maintained by contractors pertaining to the relationship between the contractor or subcontractor and an employee, which includes, but is not limited to (Sec. 5 [IC 22-2-15]):
Title: Unemployment Tax Law Amendments
Vote to pass a bill that postpones scheduled unemployment tax changes so that they take effect on January 1, 2011 rather than January 1, 2010.
-Postpones from January 1, 2010 to January 1, 2011 the date on which the amount excluded from the definition of "wages" shall change from being an individual's pay after the first $7,000 in a calendar year to an individual's pay after the first $9,500 in a calendar year (Sec. 1). -Postpones the date on which the employer unemployment compensation contribution increases from 5.6 percent to 12 percent of wages from January 1, 2010 to January 1, 2011 (Sec. 2). -Postpones the date on which certain employer experience account contribution rates decrease from 2.7 percent to 2.5 percent from January 1, 2010 to January 1, 2011 (Sec. 3). -Postpones the date on which certain employer experience account contribution rates for employers who have not filed all required contributions and wage reports or have not paid all contributions, penalties, or interest due in the required time period shall increase from at least 5.6 percent to at least 12 percent from January 1, 2010 to January 1, 2011 (Sec. 3). -Postpones changes in certain employer experience account fund ratio schedules and other rate schedules so that they take effect at the beginning of 2011 rather than the beginning of 2010 (Sec. 4-6). -Requires the Department of Workforce Development to "promptly" send notification of benefit liability to an employer when an individual files an unemployment benefits claim (Sec. 7). -Requires the Department of Workforce Development to provide written notice to claimants and employers when the following determinations are made with respect to the validity of unemployment benefits claims or eligibility for such benefits (Sec. 7):
Title: Delay of Unemployment Tax