Unemployment Insurance taxes to increase 54% in 2010

The Employment Security Department (ESD) today announced that Unemployment Insurance taxes for the state's employers are going up in 2010. In a release from ESD, Commissioner Karen Lee outlined the plan that will see the average total tax rate increase from 1.55 percent in 2009 to an estimated 2.38 percent in 2010 -- a 54% increase . . . READ MORE