Missouri State Unemployment Council

The Missouri State Unemployment Council was formed in accordance with Section 288.475, RSMo, to advise the Division of Employment Security, the governor and the general assembly with the difficult problems of unemployment compensation, particularly legal, accounting, actuarial, economic, and social aspects of unemployment compensation.

The Council is comprised of eleven members, nine voting members and two nonvoting. Membership appointments are made by the Governor, Speaker of the House and President Pro Tem of the Senate. The membership is chosen to represent the interest of employers, employees and the public. The Council presents proposals to the Division recommending changes involving Chapter 288. Final recommendations from the Council are submitted to the Governor and General Assembly before January 15th of each year.

Missouri State Unemployment Council Members

Governor Appointed Senate Appointed House Appointed
Lance Mayfield
Employer Member
Term Ends: 12/09/2011		 Michael Veale
Public Interest Member
Term Ends: 11/17/2012		 Tony Reinhart
Public Interest Member
Term Ends: 9/28/2013
Herb Johnson
Employee Member
Term Ends: 12/29/2006		 Chuck Yarbrough
Employer Member
Term Ends: 12/2009		 Steven Markus
Employee Member
Term Ends: 11/5/2013
Doug Kaylor, Vice Chair
Public Interest Member
Term Ends: 12/29/2010		 Gary Elliott, Chair
Employee Member
Term Ends: 6/2/2008		 Christopher Swenson
Employer Member
Term Ends: 10/08/2013
  Senator Bob Dixon
Non-Voting Member		 Representative Barney Fisher
Non-Voting Member
Voting Member Term: 3 years (no more than 2 terms excluding initial for a maximum of 8 years.)
Initial Term 1 year for: Governor Employer Rep, House Employee Rep, and Senate Public Interest Rep
Initial Term 2 years for: Governor Employee Rep, House Public Interest Rep, and Senate Employer Rep
Non-Voting Member Term:

 Maximum 4 years (or until no longer member of general assembly

Meeting Notices - Location and Time

May 7, 2013

NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Missouri State Unemployment Council will conduct a meeting via conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2013.  Members of the public who wish to listen to this call may do so at the Missouri Division of Employment Security, Training Room 2 South, 421 E. Dunklin St., Jefferson City, Missouri..

The Council was formed in accordance with Section 288.475, RSMo, to advise the Division of Employment Security in carrying out the purposes of Unemployment Insurance Law.

The tentative agenda of this meeting includes FUTA Credit Reduction Relief options and discussion of the updated trust fund model.

The news media may obtain copies of this notice by contacting:

Jamie Luebbert
Missouri Division of Employment Security
421 East Dunklin
Jefferson City, Missouri 
573-751-3648
Jamie.luebbert@labor.mo.gov

Pursuant to Section 610.011 of the Missouri Sunshine Law: "It is public policy of this state that meetings, records, votes, actions and deliberations of public governmental bodies be open to the public unless otherwise provided by the law."

Any party interested in obtaining copies of open records for the Missouri State Unemployment Council may contact:

Pascael Beaudette
Missouri Division of Employment Security
421 East Dunklin
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
573-751-7891
Pascael.Beaudette@labor.mo.gov