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to award benefits to hearings and 
present witnesses at these hearings 
who have direct knowledge of the 
facts of the final incident that led to 
separation.
	
Most businesses with turnover 
likely would gain by having third 
party assistance with unemployment 
hearings. Initial protests on claims 
should be written in the language 
that the unemployment system best 
understands.  Witnesses gain by 
hearing prep from an experienced 
paralegal.  And a third party will 
audit unemployment charges – in 
our experience one in four quarterly 
statements of benefit charges con­
tains a wrong charge. 
	
Unemployment taxes are often 
the single largest controllable ex­
pense a business has.  Third party 
administration of these claims is 
Property Tax Assessment Appeals – Commercial and Residential 
 
The Law Offices of William J. Seitz, LLC 
500 Skokie Boulevard, Suite 530 
Northbrook, IL 60062 
P: 312-729-5191 
info@seitzattorney.com 
www.seitzattorney.com 
Bloomington and Normal
Water
Reclamation
District
2015 W. Oakland Ave., Bloomington, IL 61701
(309) 827-4396 
Leyden Family Service and Mental Health Center
Leyden Family Service
10001 W. Grand Avenue | Franklin Park, IL 60131
Office: (847) 451-0330 | Fax: (847) 451-1652
Crisis Line: (847) 451-1100
www.leydenfamilyservices.org
BRENDA PARZYGNAT
Controller
Email: bparzygnat@leydenfamilyservice.org
Direct Line: (847) 451-5091
Jean M. Crosby  CRB CRB GRI
Designated Managing Broker
(C) 815-222-5482 | (D) 815-231-2900
www.bhhscrosby.com | jean@bhhscrosby.com
551 N. Mulford Road, Rockford, IL 61107
incredibly inexpensive, far less for 
most businesses than the cost of 
one or two awarded unemployment 
claims in a five-year period.  Please 
see www.personnelplanners.com for 
more information about unemploy­
ment issues and third-party adminis­
tration of claims. 
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