UI rates should stay same in ’16

The rates Nevada businesses pay for unemployment insurance should remain the same in 2016, if the head of Employment Security Division follows the recommendation.Nevada’s Employment Security Council voted on Oct. 1 to maintain an overall average rate of 2.62 percent of wages up to $28,200 a year be paid to the unemployment program. That rate is expected to generate about $546.4 million during 2016 to fund unemployment payments, pay off the program’s debt from the recession and rebui