The unemployment insurance advisory council met this week to officially end the surcharge that South Dakota employers have been paying for the last year. Those extra charges were needed to keep the fund solvent. Dave Owen, President of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and a member of the council, says they did what was necessary…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2010/10/DAVEOWEN1007A.mp3|titles=DAVEOWEN1007A]Owen says they learned a lot about the system, and the companies paying into it…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2010/10/DAVEOWEN1007B.mp3|titles=DAVEOWEN1007B]Owen says the council will stay engaged with the Labor Department and the Legislature in order to avoid any more fiscal shocks in the future…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2010/10/DAVEOWEN1007C.mp3|titles=DAVEOWEN1007C](courtesy WNAX, Yankton)