To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (5533 ) 5/9/2020 4:06:06 AM From: elmatador Read Replies (1) | Respond to unhappy that doesn't qualify for unemployment benefits .For decades, nonprofits had been allowed to opt out of state unemployment insurance payments and instead make payments of the actual costs of the benefits when layoffs occur. Nationally, federal and state law enables many employers—including states, American Indian nations (“federally recognized Indian tribes”), local governments, and nonprofits—to opt out of prepaying into state unemployment insurance pools . Last month, Jon Pratt , CEO of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits , told NPQ that he estimates that over 100,000 qualifying organizations, both governments and nonprofits, in the US have this status. As an illustration, he estimated that in Minnesota, roughly 4,200 of 9,100 nonprofit employers—close to half—self-insure in this manner. nonprofitquarterly.org Now they are in troubl e. The simplest, most straight-forward fix would be for Congress to hold self-insured nonprofits harmless for 100 percent of the costs that would be charged of their COVID-19 related unemployment insurance claims. Otherwise even more nonprofits that communities rely on will close. That’s why the Nonprofit Community Letter submitted to Congress calls for such legislation. ... ELMAT Before the pandemic, charitable nonprofits employed more than 12.3 million people—more than 10% of the workforce
