Form Rt-800001 - Employer Guide To Reemployment Assistance Benefits (Page 3 of 6) in pdf

11. Terminated from employment for violation of any

there is new correspondence placed in their CONNECT

criminal law punishable by imprisonment or for any

inbox that requires their attention. Employers who have

dishonest act in connection with the individual’s

not elected to receive electronic notifications of claims will

employment.

be mailed a notice advising them of an action item. They

will then need to login to CONNECT to respond to the

12. Receiving wages in lieu of notice or severance pay

claim. To obtain more information about using the online

applicable to a claim week, which is equal to or

system a CONNECT Guide for Employers is available

greater than the claimant’s weekly benefit amount.

at . For assistance with using CONNECT

13. Incarcerated during a week of unemployment.

employers can call DEO at 1-877-846-8770.

Audit of Claimant’s Wages

All base period employers, and any of the claimant’s most

recent employers who are outside of the base period are

All claimants are audited each quarter by using the most

notified of the claim. When the employer has paid the

current employer wage records. A computer cross-match

claimant wages during the base period, the notice will

by social security number, of benefits paid and wages

show, in addition to the claimant’s name, last five digits

reported, is performed quarterly. If the computer identifies

of the social security number and the CONNECT created

a match, Earnings Weekly Wage Verification (Request

Claimant ID number, the claimant’s Maximum Benefit

for Breakdown of Wages Paid) is generated and sent to

Amount, Weekly Benefit Amount and the percentage

the employer(s) reporting wages for the same period in

of the benefits potentially chargeable to the employer’s

which benefits were being paid. Employers who respond

account. When the employer has information that may

immediately are, in every case, helping to prevent improper

affect the claimant’s eligibility for benefits, a reply should

payments and abuse of the reemployment assistance

be submitted immediately to avoid any improper payment

program. When it is determined that a claimant has been

of benefits to the claimant.

improperly paid, the experience rating account will be

credited if the employer is a base period employer on the

Even when the employer is not contesting the claimant’s

claim and has responded timely to the Notice of Claim

eligibility for benefits, the employer should check the

Filed. If the improper payment was the result of fraud,

appropriate block(s) in items A through G on the notice and

the case may be referred to the State Attorney’s Office for

furnish any requested information. It is very important to

prosecution.

respond to the notice within 20 days from the mailing date.

Responding timely is the only way employers can preserve

New Hire Program

their account’s eligibility for relief from benefit charges.

A response should state in detail, the reason or reasons

Florida law requires all employers to report new hires and

for the worker’s separation from the job. The employer’s

rehired employees. This program is designed to aid in

statement should contain all important facts such as exact

locating noncustodial parents who are delinquent in child

dates, times, and places in which incidents occurred;

support payments and detecting potential overpayment of

names of witnesses; and reference to such agreements as

benefits in the Reemployment Assistance Program. The

union contracts, commission agreements, medical reports,

New Hire Program’s success in accurately determining and

and any other pertinent documents. In the absence of

preventing fraud is dependent on employer cooperation

separation information from an individual’s employer or

in submitting information on newly hired and rehired

employers, the individual’s eligibility will be based on the

employees. For information on New Hire Reporting, call

claimant’s statement.

toll free, 888-854-4791, or visit the New Hire website at

The law provides that claims be investigated through

written, telephonic, and electronic means. Employers

Claims for Benefits

may be contacted by telephone by a Reemployment

Assistance claims adjudicator for information relating to

An unemployed worker may receive information for filing a

a job separation. After a determination on the claimant’s

claim for benefits at any local One-Stop Center operating

eligibility for benefits has been issued, the claimant or the

under your area’s Regional Workforce Board, or by visiting

employer, whichever is adversely affected, may appeal

the website for the Department of Economic Opportunity

the determination and request a formal hearing before an

at . All claims must be filed online.

appeals referee. The request must be made within 20 days

Employers too, must login online to respond to claims

from the date the determination was mailed.

and requests for information. When a claim is filed,

a Determination Notice of Reemployment Assistance

The notice to employers and determinations on claims are

Claim Filed is created and placed in the employer’s inbox

mailed to addresses that employers provide the Florida

in the Reemployment Assistance Claims and Benefits

Department of Revenue when registering for Reemployment

Information System referred to as CONNECT found at

Tax. If you have an address change, you can submit the

. Employers who have already registered

information online at select “General

in CONNECT and elected to receive electronic

Tax,” then select “Update Account Information Online.”

notifications regarding claims will be sent an email when

Department of Revenue, Reemployment Assistance Benefits, Page 3

Form Rt-800001 - Employer Guide To Reemployment Assistance Benefits Page 3

Related Articles

Related forms

Related Categories