Your employer! That's right, you as an employee you do not pay into unemployment. Your employer pays those taxes as a cost of doing business. So, the next time you or your buddy are sitting around complaining about the so called rich 1%, remember this is just one of the many taxes they pay and you don't!
The state of Texas pays your unemployment benefits and, in turn, collects the unemployment taxes from the employers
The Washington State unemployment rate was at 7% as of April 2013. The unemployment rate of Washington, D.C. was at 8.5% during the same month and year.
They come from the state. Your employer pays unemployment taxes to the state and the federal governments.
He's not. The employer is the one who pays the state unemployment taxes.
the state of which you are working in
No, the employer pays it through a payroll tax to the state.
If you are an employee of the cab company because you earn wages, then the company pays unemployment insurance to the state. If you were on straight commission, then they probably do not because commissions do not qualify you for benefits. Each state has it's own requirements as to who pays unemployment insurance.
Unemployment benefits are not deducted from payroll checks in any of the states. The businesses pays the premiums through payroll taxes to the state, which, in turn, pays the benefits to its recipients.
The employer does not pay to the former employee. The employer pays unemployment taxes to the state he does business in, and the state, in turn, pays the benefits to the unemployed worker. If the employer has a large enough labor turn over, the state will raise his tax percentage payable accordingly.
The state you perform your work in is the "liable state", the state that pays your unemployment benefits. No matter whether you live in the state you work in, or even if the company's headquarters are in another, you get your benefits from where you work.
You file for unemployment benefits in the state where you work. It's called the "liable state" because it collects payroll taxes from the businesses in that state and in turn pays the benefits to the workers there who have lost their jobs.
The employer pays a percentage of payroll as unemployment insurance premiums.