Employers, are your unemployment claims out of control?

According to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of “mass” layoffs – the firing of at least 50 workers from a single workplace – has reached record levels. In addition, mass layoffs and their associated initial unemployment claims also reached their highest levels on record in March 2009, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The number of mass layoffs rose 85 percent year-over-year in March 2009 to almost 3,000, and initial unemployment claims associated with mass layoffs rose more than 85 percent to nearly 300,000 workers, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released by the bureau.

In today's tough economy, many employers who have terminated or laid off workers worry about the legal troubles that may result, such as potential lawsuits or discrimination complaints. Unfortunately, they sometimes forget to prepare for a much more common threat: rising, out-of-control unemployment claims.

Unemployment claims expenses have skyrocketed in the current recession, but many organizations don't know how to track, benchmark, and contest these costs – or assume that most unemployment claims filed by out-of-work employees are rubber stamped for approval. Pre-Employ.com – a nationwide leader in background screening solutions – offers employers assistance with our Unemployment Claims Management service.

• Track and control your unemployment claims compensation expenses.
• Track potential unemployment claims and review the facts.
• Determine which ex-workers are most likely to file troublesome unemployment claims.
• Find the most common reasons employers succeed in contesting unemployment claims.
• Learn the procedures and find the loopholes in your state's unemployment claims procedures.
• Take immediately action when an employee is terminated to prepare for a possible unemployment claim.
• Deal with unemployment claims compensation questionnaires and forms for ex-worker benefits.
• Control each step – from filing the correct papers to pressing your case in a hearing – if you contest an unemployment claim.

To learn how to navigate your state's unemployment claims system and fight back against undeserved unemployment claims with the help from our Unemployment Claims Management services, please visit us at www.pre-employ.com, email info@pre-employ.com, or call 1-800-300-1821.

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