Process Name:

Add a Penalty or Fine to an Employer’s Account

Role:

•      Internal user

Objective(s):

To add penalties or fines on an Employer account.

Before you begin:

•      An Employer has an existing UI account.

•      An event has occurred which requires a penalty to be placed on the Employer’s account.

•      Account must be liable during the quarter the penalty is being added to.

What happens next:

•      SUITS posts the penalty/fine to the employer’s account.

1. 

From the Staff Portal Home screen, click the Employer Service left menu item.

SUITS displays the Employer Services Maintenance screen.

2. 

Click the Add Penalties and Fines hyperlink.

SUITS displays the Penalties and Fines Maintenance screen.

3. 

Enter the Employer Account ID.

4. 

Click the Search button.

SUITS displays the Penalties and Fines Maintenance screen related to the Employer’s account.

•      View the Employer Details panel and the Employer Account Transactions panel on this screen.

•      The user can also enter a different Employer Account ID, on this screen in the Employer Search panel, to view another Employer’s account.

5. 

Click the Add button at the bottom of the Employer Account Transaction panel.

SUITS expands the Add Employer Account Transaction panel at the bottom of the screen.

The Employer Account Transactions panel list the UI Tax, Interest and Penalties amounts accrued on the Employer’s account, by Report Year and Quarter.

6. 

Select an item from the Transaction Type dropdown menu.

This field is required.

7. 

Enter Amount.

This field is required.

8. 

Enter Report Year.

This field is required. This field defaults to the current Report Year.

9. 

Select Report Quarter from the dropdown menu.

This field is required. This field defaults to the current Report Quarter.

10.

Click the Submit button.

•      SUITS displays the Confirmation Message: “The transaction information has been updated to the Employer account”.