Dr. Richard A. Hobbie, a national expert on unemployment insurance (UI) issues will offer insights on foundational components of the UI system at a June 17 session in San Diego.
His two-hour seminar is a prelude to the 2015 National UI Issues Conference, set for June 17–19.
The $50 seminar (fee separate from the conference) may be attended without attending the full conference and is designed to help both beginners and seasoned practitioners.
Hobbie is the visiting scholar at the Heidrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University.
The seminar will cover:
• Building blocks of UI;
• Overview of federal-state unemployment relationship;
• Unemployment tax and basic benefit structure;
• Solvency and insolvency: all you ever wanted to know.
More information is available from CalChamber policy advocate Marti Fisher, one of the curriculum developers, at marti.fisher@calchamber.com or at www.uwcstrategy.org.
