Unemployment Compensation Roundtable: Understanding UC Benefits and Hearing
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Agenda
8 a.m. Registration—Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome
– Susan E. Smith, Educational Services, Pennsylvania Chamber
8:35 a.m. Understanding UC Benefits, Relief from Charges and Willful Misconduct
– Craig Pontz, Assistant Director, UI Programs, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation and other UC Bureau representatives
• General information and what’s new in Pennsylvania’s UC program
• Who is eligible to receive benefits
• UC requirements for new hires
• Understanding the separation fact finding issues
• Determining relief from charges
• How to deal with discharge issues
• How to handle voluntary quit scenarios, including employee health issues, transportation problems, seeking another job, personal issues, spouse moving to follow spouse, voluntary layoffs, attending school, and more.
• Handling willful misconduct, including absenteeism and tardiness; drug and alcohol abuse; insubordination; damage to equipment; violation of business rules; dishonesty and more
10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. The Fundamentals of UC Hearings
– Janice Cohen, Appeals Program Manager—Eastern Sector (King of Prussia); Irene Kugler, Appeals Program Manager—Western Sector (Erie and Pittsburgh); Edward P. Rawlings, Appeals System Administration, (Harrisburg and Scranton), Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
• How employers should prepare for UC hearings
• Understanding what a hearing entails
• Practical tips on surviving UC hearings
11:45 a.m. Questions
Noon Adjourn