Every unemployed worker's benefits are "charged" against one or more companies; therefore the more money paid out on behalf of a firm,the higher is the unemployment insurance rate for that firm.

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This is known as the experience rating system, where the cost of unemployment benefits is distributed among the companies that have laid off workers. The more a company lays off people, the higher the unemployment insurance rate they will have to pay.

Every Unemployed Worker's Benefits Are "Charged" Against One or More