AB 1

Currently, with certain exceptions, each employer that has employees who are

engaged in employment covered by the unemployment insurance law must file

quarterly contribution (tax) and employment and wage reports and make quarterly

payment of its contributions to the Department of Workforce Development. An

employer of 25 or more employees or an employer agent that files reports on behalf

of any employer must file its reports electronically. Current law also requires each

employer that makes contributions for any 12-month period ending on June 30 equal

to a total of at least $10,000 to make all contribution payments electronically in the

following year. Finally, current law allows DWD to provide a secure means of

electronic interchange between itself and employing units, claimants, and other

persons that, upon request to and with prior approval by DWD, may be used for

transmission or receipt of any document specified by DWD that is related to the

administration of the UI law in lieu of any other means of submission or receipt.

This bill makes use of these electronic methods mandatory in all cases, unless

the employer or other person demonstrates good cause for being unable to use the

electronic method, as determined by DWD by rule. The bill also provides that DWD

may permit the use of electronic records and electronic signatures for any document

specified by DWD that is related to the administration of the UI law.

The bill also creates appropriations to provide general purpose revenue (GPR)

and federal funding to DWD for the renovation and modernization of unemployment

insurance information technology systems and appropriates $5,320,000 GPR for this

purpose.