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November 14, 2011 Rhode Island
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Benefit Year Earnings (BYE): Root Causes Identified: Agency Causes Poorly worded messaging Staff do not “Own Integrity” Workflow issues Claimant Causes Lack of understanding Sense of entitlement Misrepresentation of fact Employer Causes Late or incomplete responses to requests for information Misunderstanding of role and responsibilities 2
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Benefit Year Earnings (BYE): Planned actions to address: Investigate better messaging techniques through UI messaging sub committee Employer Education Series Staff education on “Everyone Owns Integrity” Principle milestones: Conduct Employer Education Series targeting UI Fraud on Nov. 3, 2011 UI Messaging Sub Committee starting in November 2011 Conduct additional Employee Education Session in Adjudication, UI 101 and Benefit Charge prior to the end of November 2011 3
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Separations (SEPs): Root Causes Identified: Agency Causes Not addressing returned employer forms in a timely manner Not processing adjudication decisions in a timely manner Poor messaging on fraud and claimant responsibilities Claimant Causes Misunderstanding reason for separation Misrepresenting reason for separation Employer Causes Late responses to forms Incomplete responses to forms Not clearly communicating separation reasons to claimant and the agency 4
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Separations: Planned actions to address: Implement UI SIDES Create Employer Form focus group Improve claimant messaging Principle milestones: Launch UI SIDES (anticipated in November 2011) Increase staff assigned to back office work to address employer forms (October 2011) Post signage in One Stop Career Centers, customer outreach via predictive dialer, messages in the newspaper, and other media activity (ongoing) 5
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Work Search Issues: Root Causes Identified: Agency Causes Currently do not collect weekly work search for ES claims Do not review work search data randomly (data is not collected) Limited resources to review work search logs Claimant Causes Do not understand work search requirement Do not keep work search log Do not conduct work search 6
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Work Search Issues : Planned actions to address: Revise messaging to illustrate work search requirement Require work search log as part of weekly certification Gather work search records through Interactive Web Response system (IWR) Principle milestones: Revise messaging on Interactive Voice Response (IVR), IWR and update Benefit Rights Modify IWR to collect work search data Update automated payment system to reject certification if work search does not meet criteria 7
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8 Issue 1: Benefit Year Earnings Root causes identified: Claimant’s do not understand what earnings to report Claimant’s do not understand when to report earnings Claimant’s do not realize that failure to report earnings has penalties Planned actions to address issue: Improve messaging by making our language more clear Improve access to information via online knowledge base and one stop career centers Illustrate that working and collecting is fraud and highlight penalties Principle milestones: Messaging subcommittee Media Campaign
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9 Issue 2: Separation Issues Root causes identified: Late or incomplete employer forms Inability to address employer forms in a timely manner Incorrect information provided at claim filing Planned actions to address issue: UI SIDES Implementation Employer Form focus group Improve claimant messaging Principle milestones: UI SIDES Implementation to be completed in November Employer form focus group to launch in November Messaging subcommittee to start in November
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Strategies to Support Owning UI Integrity: Educate every staff member to: Understand the problem Understand how they can help Feel like they can make a difference Develop processes to: Accept new ideas Foster employee input Respond to changing demands Management oversight: Regular review of improper payment statistics 10
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Communication Strategies: To claimants: Signage in the One Stop Career Centers Instructional videos on agency web site Media outreach To employers: Employer Education Series Additional content on agency web site Educational material to provide UI 101 to employers 11
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Communication Strategies, Continued: To State UI staff: Training Sessions to share data and strategic plan Status updates on progress Method for suggestions on how to improve operations To the Public: Media campaign Improved messaging illustrating enforcement Media focus on prosecutions 12
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“Integrity: Own It!” Questions? State Contact for follow-up: Raymond A. Filippone, Assistant Director Phone: 401-462-8415 13
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