Attachment 1 to UIPL No. 46-98
Core UI Business Functions
NOTE: Because SESAs operate under varying State UI laws, there is a diverse array of systems and processes which, while similar, differ from SESA-to-SESA. Therefore, the list of critical and non-critical functions may vary among the SESAs. The list below represents a generic prioritization of functions which may be used as a starting point for developing SESA-specific lists.
UI Benefits: CRITICAL Functions:
Initial Claims, intrastate, including Federal programs (UCFE/UCX)
Initial claims, agent Interstate
Initial claims, Liable Interstate
Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)
Monetary Determinations
Non-monetary Determinations
Weeks claimed, including receipt of certifications, payment authorizations and payments
Claimant/employer appeals
Appeals decisions processing
Wage records/wage reporting
Production and reporting of key economic data to USDOL, i.e., 538 and 539 reports, and elements of other essential required UI operational and budget reports. These elements are included in the following table.
List of Minimum Data Required to be Reported by States Operating Under UI Contingency Plans
| REPORT | Mandatory Data Elements to be Reported |
| ETA 191 Statement of Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for UCFE and UCX | cells 9, 10, 17, 18; All of Section C |
| ETA 207 Nonmonetary Determinations Activities (Regular Programs) | cells 1, 13, 15 |
| ETA 207 Nonmonetary Determinations Activities (Extended Programs) | cells 1, 3, 5 |
| ETA 218 Benefits Rights and Experience (Regular Programs) | Monetary Determinations (cells 1, 2, 3) |
| ETA 2112 UI Financial Transaction Summary (Regular Programs) | All |
| ETA 2112 UI Financial Transaction Summary (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) | All |
| ETA 538 Advance Weekly Initial and Continued Claims Report | All |
| ETA 539 Weekly Claims and Extended Benefits Trigger Data | All |
| ETA 5130 Benefits Appeals Report (Regular Programs) | cells 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| ETA 5130 Benefits Appeals Report (Extended Programs) | cells 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| ETA 5159 Claims and Payment Activities (Regular Programs) | cells 2, 3, 4, 97, 6, 8, 9, 10, 98, 12, 15, 16, 99, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 38, 45,51,56 |
| ETA 5159 Claims and Payment Activities (Extended Programs) | cells 1, 46, 2, 49, 3, 4, 47, 5, 50, 6, 7, 48, 8, 51, 9, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 24, 26, 17 |
| ETA 9016 Alien Claimant Activity Report | cell 1 |
| UI 1, UI Staff Hours and Travel Staff Years | cells 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| UI 3, UI Program Staff Year and Dollar Usage (Regular) | cells 1, 2, 13, 14, 32, 35, 36 |
| UI 3, UI Program Staff Year and Dollar Usage (Additional Benefits) | cells 1, 3, 5, 7, 16 |
| UI 3, UI Program Staff Year and Dollar Usage (SAVE) | cell 5 |
| UI 3, UI Program Staff Year and Dollar Usage (Trade) | cells 1, 3, 5, 7, 16, 12 |
NOTES: 1) See ET Handbook No. 401, Unemployment Insurance Reports Handbook, for report formats and cell contents; 2) It is assumed that States will be able to recover data and submit complete reports later; and 3) estimates may be reported.
UI Benefits: NON CRITICAL Functions:
Benefit Payment Control
Internal Security
Benefit Charging
Required Reports, not identified as CRITICAL.
Eligibility Review
Data Sharing
Benefit Timeliness and Quality (BTQ/Benefits Accuracy Measurement(BAM)
Workload Validation/Data Validation
UI Tax: CRITICAL Functions:
Processing Wage Reports
Maintenance of Wage Database
Processing Tax Reports
Employer account maintenance and cashiering
Delinquent report control/collections
Liability determinations/assignment of account numbers
Assignment of tax rates
Employer master file database
UI Tax: NON CRITICAL Functions:
Field audits
Tax performance system (TPS)
FUTA Certification
Data Sharing
Required Reports, not identified as CRITICAL.