Unemployment Insurance: A Survival Guide for Employers

This software is designed especially for Texas employers to help companies deal with unemployment compensation claims, appeals, and taxes. It has been endorsed by the Texas Association of Business, the Texas Association of Staffing, the Texas Network of Youth Services, the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Travis County Bar Association, and other trade associations. The special edition for Texas Association of Staffing members contains much additional information oriented specifically toward temporary staffing firms and shows such firms the important things to know when dealing with unemployment claims from former temporary employees.

Written by William T. (Tommy) Simmons, former senior legal counsel to TEC/TWC Employer Commissioners Mary Scott Nabers, Jim Kaster, Bill Hammond, and Ron Lehman, the software contains inside information covering every aspect of the unemployment claim and appeal process, as well as all of the ways that unemployment claims can cost employers money. There is an entire section on strategies for dealing with specific problem situations, as well as a section offering examples of claim protests and appeals. The UI Guide features summaries of every TWC precedent case ever issued in the areas of misconduct, voluntary leaving, and suitable work (work refusals).

The program contains utilities that enable an employer to calculate chargebacks from a claim, the base period for a claim, a claimant's benefit eligibility, partial unemployment benefit amounts, and the state unemployment tax rate for a company.

The software contains a unique feature called "Predict A Ruling" that employers can use to get a good idea of the likely outcome in unemployment claims involving employees who have either been discharged or quit.

There is also a rich variety of information concerning other employment laws and workplace situations that affect employee relations and how unemployment claims will turn out, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Drug testing, including examples of policies
  
• Harassment
  
• Policies
  
• Hiring
  
• Firing
  
• Final pay - FLSA and Texas Payday Law - including an example of a wage deduction authorization form
  
• Personnel files
  
• I-9 issues

For more information, please contact the author, William T. (Tommy) Simmons, attorney at law, at 512-388-4529 or 1-877-454-3526 (phone), or 512-388-4533 (fax), or else send e-mail to .

The UI Guide is compatible with Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT, Me, 2000, and XP. Versions for Mac OS 7, 8, 9, and OS X, as well as Linux and Unix variants, are also available. When ordering, please specify diskettes or CD-ROM and the type of operating system on your computer.

Cost: $174.95, which includes applicable sales tax and shipping and handling. The second and subsequent copies are $154.95 each, which includes applicable sales tax and shipping and handling.

Rebate for TAB, TAS, TNOYS, and TCBA members: $40.00 for each copy purchased upon proof of membership.

To order by credit card over the Internet:
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Call toll-free: 1-877-454-3526

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Please send a check or U.S. money order directly to:
Employment Law Advisory Network
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