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Bonner County HR moves to electronically track unemployment claims after nearly $100,000 in reimbursements
Summary
Bonner County HR will register with the Department of Labor’s SIDES portal to get faster notices and build records after roughly $99,047 in reimbursements from 2022–2025; officials emphasized the figure is total paid benefits and further review is needed to estimate what portion—if any—was avoidable.
Director Holmgren, Bonner County human resources director, told commissioners the county is a ‘direct reimburser’ to the state unemployment insurance fund and has paid just under $100,000 in reimbursements over the past three years.
“Bonner county is a public employer, so we're a direct reimburser back to the state unemployment insurance fund,” Holmgren said, noting the county does not pay unemployment through payroll taxes like the private sector.
Holmgren said the comptroller ran a report showing an overall 15.76%…
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