Jobless Benefit System – Ohio

Ohio lawmakers view overhauling jobless aid, By Catherine Candisky, August 6, 2014, Columbus Dispatch: “A special Ohio House committee discussed sweeping changes to Ohio’s unemployment-compensation system as legislators opened hearings yesterday on how to repay a $1.4 billion debt to a federal jobless-benefits fund. The debt has become a drag on Ohio businesses, which face annual increases in the federal unemployment tax until the loan is repaid. The fifth such increase — to a total penalty of $105 per employee — is scheduled for employers’ 2015 tax bill…”