The nation’s leading experts on unemployment insurance came together at an Academy roundtable on Friday, October 16, 2015 to discuss the pressing issues facing this essential social insurance program. Experts from academia, government, and public policy institutions discussed challenges facing UI, from reforming program financing to restructuring benefit determinations. Participants considered strategies for how to promote reemployment through the UI system, how to redesign the program’s financing, and how to reshape the overall system. In addition, attendees discussed agendas for future work on UI, both from within government administration and in the policy-research fields. A brief from the roundtable’s findings is forthcoming.
9:00-9:15: Welcome & Opening Remarks
Stephen Wandner, William Rodgers, Co-conveners
9:15-10:45: Promoting Reemployment through Unemployment Insurance
Featured Speaker: Suzanne Simonetta, Chief, Division of Legislation, U.S. Department of Labor
Topic: The Administration’s proposals and the current state of UI work supports
Leader: Stephen Wandner
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10:45-11:00: Break
11:00-12:15: The State of Unemployment Insurance Financing after the Great Recession
Leader: Christopher O’Leary
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12:15-12:30: Break
12:30-2:00: Working Lunch: Reinventing the UI Program
Leader: Rich Hobbie
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2:00-2:45: Priorities for Future Work on UI
Leaders: William Rodgers, Stephen Wandner
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2:45: Adjourn
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