What You Can Do to Protect Your Employees from UI Benefit Fraud and Lessen the Impact on Your Tax Rate

REVIEW Your Employer Notices

• Verify Social Security Numbers at the time of hire, to ensure that your employees’ names and Social Security Numbers (SSN’s) match the Social Security Administration’s records. Visit the SSA at www.ssa.gov/employer to verify names and SSN’s online.
• UI benefits paid to your current employees represent a charge to your account and may impact your tax rate. To protect your account, carefully review all notices received in your MiWAM account or by mail. When an employee files a claim for unemployment, employers will receive Form UIA 1575E, Monetary Determination, by mail and online via their MiWAM account. The monetary determination will contain information about the employee, the reason for separation, dates of employment and more. If you notice inaccurate information, or if the employee referenced is still working for you, it is very important that you notify us.  Protesting the monetary determination (Form 1575E) timely in these occurrences may be the best way to stop a fraudulent claim from being paid.
• Review and verify all of the information on Form UIA 1136, Bi-Weekly Statement of Charges/Credits to the Employer’s Account. This bi-weekly statement identifies each person receiving unemployment benefits and the amount being charged to your account.
• Review Form UIA 1770, Summary of Statement of Benefit Charges and Credits. This quarterly statement summarizes information previously included on Form UIA 1136.