Chalk Talk on Unemployment Insurance – The Rules of the Game the HR Professional Needs to Know
We will demystify the unemployment insurance process in Arkansas and discuss relevant information for HR professionals. We will discuss not on the claims process, but the contribution rate calculation principles with an aim toward understanding the bottom line impact of various events. We will conclude with a healthy time for Q & A to separate the fact and fiction of unemployment insurance.
Key Objectives
1) Have a better full picture understanding of the claim process and what it means for an employee to be disqualified or not disqualified
2) Understand the various enforcement mechanisms, procedures and duties of the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services
3) Better understand the contribution rate calculation process
Wayne Young
Attorney at Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP
H. Wayne Young is a partner with the firm and a member of the Labor and Employment Law Practice Group. He was named the 2017 Russell Gunter Legislative Advocacy Award Recipient by the Arkansas SHRM. The award recognizes outstanding contributions of time and effort in local, state or federal legislative advocacy on behalf of the Human Resources profession. He is a member of CAHRA and was awarded the association’s Legislative Advocacy Award for 2018.
He has been recognized for his work in labor and employment by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America and is distinguished as a Mid-South Super Lawyer. He is on the Board of Directors of Women and Children First and he is the past president of the Little Rock Downtown Kiwanis Club. Wayne currently serves as General Counsel to the Arkansas State Council of the Society of Human Resource Management.
He graduated summa cum laude from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville and attended law school at the William H. Bowen School of Law at UALR where he was a Bowen Scholar. Wayne was a Bowen Scholar at the University of Little Rock School of Law, and won the Bogle-Sharpe Award for Most Likely to Succeed in the Practice of Law in 2003.
Please Note: Speakers and topics are subject to change without notice.