Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 657 § 657.459 — Computation of Fund Adequacy Percentage Ratio

Computation of Fund Adequacy Percentage Ratio. (1) For the purpose of computing employer tax rates, the Director of the Employment Department, or the director’s authorized representative, shall compute a “Fund Adequacy Percentage Ratio.” This computation shall be made in September of each year and shall be the ratio of the amount in the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund, as of August 31 preceding the computation, to a calculated amount of benefits that would be paid during the following calendar year if high unemployment were to occur. The calculated amount of benefits shall be determined as follows: (a) Average monthly employment in the calendar year preceding the calculation shall be divided by the average monthly employment in the high benefit cost period with the resulting quotient carried to the fourth decimal place. (b) The adjusted average weekly check amount for the calendar year preceding the calculation shall be divided by the average weekly check amount in the high benefit cost period with the resulting quotient carried to the fourth decimal place. (c) The amount of benefits paid during the high benefit cost period and attributable to employers subject to the tax shall be multiplied by the quotient determined in paragraph (a) of this subsection. The resulting product shall be multiplied by the quotient determined in paragraph (b) of this subsection. All benefits paid from the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund attributable to employers subject to the tax, including but not limited to the Oregon share of extended benefits and any special state additional benefits, shall be included in the amount of benefits under this subsection. (2) The amount in the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund, as of August 31 preceding the computation, shall be divided by the final product determined in subsection (1)(c) of this section. The quotient obtained shall be expressed as a percentage and is the “Fund Adequacy Percentage Ratio” used to determine the applicable schedule of Table A of ORS 657.462 to be in effect for the succeeding calendar year. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, if the product obtained by multiplying 3.0 times the average monthly employment in the calendar year preceding the calculation times the adjusted average weekly check amount for the calendar year preceding the computation exceeds the amount determined in subsection (1)(c) of this section, such product shall be used in lieu of the amount determined in subsection (1)(c) of this section in the Trust Fund Adequacy Ratio calculation in subsection (2) of this section. (4) Products obtained in subsections (1) and (3) of this section shall be rounded to the nearest dollar. [1969 c.157 §3 (657.458 and 657.459 enacted in lieu of 657.461); 1971 c.463 §16; 1975 c.354 §2; 1977 c.538 §4; 1983 c.508 §10; 2005 c.22 §462; 2005 c.183 §7]