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Idaho Job Corps and the Idaho Department of Labor partner with the College of Western Idaho, College of Eastern Idaho, College of Southern Idaho and North Idaho College to deliver education, training and a whole host of wrap-around services to low-income students with barriers to employment.
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Idaho youth continue growing through Idaho Job Corps NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 4, 2022 Media Contact: Tina Polishchuk, Ed.D, [email protected] When Idaho Job Corps welcomed its first group of students in October 2019 at …

Did you know there are multiple ways to disqualify yourself from receiving unemployment insurance payments? Check out our latest blog on what to do and not do to make sure you can get paid.

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What Disqualify You from Collecting Unemployment? What will disqualify you from collecting unemployment? There’s one thing worse than losing your job: Losing your job and not being able to collect unemployment insurance benefits. Here are some of the reasons why people can get disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits, and how t...

for a DevOps Senior Engineer! If you're looking for an awesome workplace with some great perks, then SSO could be for you! Apply below!

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DevOps Senior Engineer - Boise, Idaho, USA Job Opening This position will be at our office in Boise, Idaho Description The DevOps Senior Engineer will have a wealth of knowledge and proven experience in designing software from scratch; knowledge of architecture patterns and have the experience to choose the appropriate cloud solution for the project. Th...

Happy Mother's Day from all of us at SSO! To show some appreciation to our employees, we gave out these great local handmade candles! We appreciate everyone's hard work and hope you all have a wonderful day!

What happened when the U.S. gave more people more money, and for longer? UI coverage increased, reaching workers who had historically been left out of the UI system, and boosting the spending of all UI recipients. But there were some comparatively smaller losses in efficiency, in the form of work disincentive effects and UI overpayments.
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Lessons learned from expanded unemployment insurance during COVID-19 In chapter 2 of Recession Remedies, authors discuss lessons learned from unemployment insurance during COVID-19.

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Today we served up tacos and had a guacamole contest in the SSO kitchen. It was delicious! Have a wonderful day everyone!

With COVID-19 winding down a bit, many states are changing the way they are handling Unemployment Insurance Benefits. The reasons why they're doing it and what those changes might look like can be found in our latest blog. Click below to read now!

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Why States are Changing Unemployment Benefits Unemployment insurance benefits provided a valuable lifeline to Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. “As many as 46 million individuals received unemployment payments in 2020, representing 1 out of every 4 workers,” notes the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. “In the absence of this ...

We're looking for a Project Manager! Is that you? Come work for us! We offer competitive pay, generous PTO, a hybrid work environment, and much more!

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Project Manager - Boise, Idaho, USA Job Opening Location: Boise, Idaho. This position will work out of our Downtown Boise Office. Solid State is looking for an organized, detail-oriented individual to join our team as a software project manager. The responsibilities of the software project manager include overseeing software projects from start t...

You may have heard of Blockchain Technology when it comes to cryptocurrency, but could that same tech be used to help prevent Unemployment Fraud? Find out what Blockchain is and how it could be useful to the UI space in our latest blog:



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What is Blockchain Technology & Could it Help Prevent Unemployment Insurance Fraud? In an attempt to help thwart unemployment fraud – estimated to have been as much as $87.3 billion nationwide -- California assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-Templeton) has put forth AB 2781, which is intended to instruct California’s Office of Digital Innovation to “study the feasibility and ap...

Happy Earth Day from all of us at SSO! We only get one planet! Do your part to help keep our planet beautiful!

Synthetic identity fraud schemes have proliferated in the past few years, becoming the largest form of identity theft in the nation.



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Thieves Hit on a New Scam: Synthetic Identity Fraud In addition to the Paycheck Protection Program rip-offs, fraudsters have used synthetic identities in many unemployment benefit

If you took physics back in high school, you may remember some problems that said: "ignore friction." Did you know that can apply that to Unemployment as well? Our latest blog covering "Frictional Unemployment" is now available! Click below to check it out!

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What is Frictional Unemployment & How does it Affect the Economy? What is "Frictional Unemployment?" When you studied physics in high school or college, you may remember getting homework assignments asking you to calculate the force of two objects on each other, but to “ignore friction.” Typically, that’s because the small amount of force attributed to frict...

WE'RE HIRING for a Business Analyst position! You'll work alongside other business analysts and your main tasks will include performing detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes, and performing some user acceptance testing. If you're interested, apply below!
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Business Analyst - Boise, Idaho, USA Job Opening Boise, Idaho. This position will work out of our Downtown Boise Office. Solid State's Mission is to revolutionize the state and federal unemployment software by providing a cloud-based platform. The software increases cost-savings, quality of work, and speed of implementation. This is done with scal...

Happy Easter from our families to yours!

A new study shows that unemployment benefits make people less likely to turn to self-employment when they find themselves unemployed.

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New research finds higher unemployment insurance benefits lower the likelihood of self-employment Higher unemployment insurance benefits not only lowers the likelihood that an unemployed person will become self-employed, but it also extends the length of time before they transition to self-employment, according to new research published in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

Not everyone who loses their job is eligible to receive U.I. benefits, but several states have been taking steps to address those excluded workers.

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Why Advocates Want to Expand the Excluded Workers Fund Not everyone who loses their job is eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits, but several states have been taking steps to address that. Generally, these workers are referred to as “excluded workers,” because they are typically excluded from receiving unemployment payments What are Ex...

Need a job? The tech industry is hiring like crazy and isn't likely to stop any time soon. The industry is seeing near-record lows for its' unemployment rates.

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Tech Unemployment Rate at Near-Record Low on Strength of Employer Hiring Activity, CompTIA Analysis Finds /PRNewswire/ -- The unemployment rate for technology occupations fell to a near-record low, tech companies added workers for the 16th consecutive month and...

You may have seen news recently that the US DOL was using "Tiger Teams" to help states improve their unemployment systems. That may have left you asking, "What is a Tiger Team? What do they do?" We can answer those questions for you, just check out our latest blog!

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The Federal Government Helps States Improve Unemployment with ‘Tiger Teams’ Some states are turning to tigers to improve their unemployment insurance systems. Tiger Teams, that is. The U.S. Department of Labor announced on August 21, 2021, that it was creating a “tiger team” program to help states deal with problems that cropped up with unemployment insurance systems wh...

The US DOL is sending specialized teams to multiple states in an effort to help them 'fix' their unemployment systems.



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DOL’s ‘Tiger Teams’ Eye Unemployment Fixes in Six More States The U.S. Labor Department is sending its specialized “Tiger Teams” of unemployment experts to another half a dozen states as it expands its most hands-on effort to date to help states shore up their unemployment systems.

If you've started working remotely in the last year, you may ask yourself: "Where Do I Pay Taxes?" The answer to this surprisingly nuanced question and more can be found in our latest blog! Click below to check it out!

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If You Work Remotely, Where Do You Pay Taxes? There have always been some people who worked remotely for companies in other states, but that number exploded during COVID-19. First, many employees started working at home – often because they were required to due to quarantine restrictions and closed offices -- and some of them happened to live...