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Idaho Department of Labor presents program overview and state labor conditions to Senate Commerce Committee
Summary
Department of Labor Director Janie Revere briefed the Senate Commerce Committee on the department's structure, unemployment insurance rules and benefits, fraud and recovery work, disability determination performance, and statewide labor-market trends.
For the record, Janie Revere, director of the Idaho Department of Labor, told the Senate Commerce Committee that the department is organized into three divisions that administer unemployment insurance, disability determinations, wage and hour enforcement and related workforce services.
The overview described how the unemployment insurance (UI) program is funded and administered. "Unemployment insurance is assistance to individuals who have lost their jobs or had their hours reduced. It is not wage replacement or an entitlement. It is insurance," Revere said, outlining monetary and personal eligibility rules and weekly certification requirements. She said Idaho claimants may receive between $72 and $590…
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