Free employer tools

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A planning calculator for employers, plus seven document generators: write-up, incident report, attendance record, coaching note, improvement plan, witness statement, and termination checklist. Free preview, no account required. Employee write-up export uses an email unlock.

Calculator · 50 states + D.C.

Unemployment claim cost calculator

Enter state, headcount, and your SUTA notice rate. See the illustrated UI charge and three-year tax impact.

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Worked example · Texas

$4,312

Illustrated UI charge · 1 claim · 14 weeks

Extra SUTA / 3 years
$4,590
Payroll in the model
50 employees

Document generators

Seven generators for the documents managers use across workplaces. Each one takes structured input, builds the document in a live preview, and lets you copy, download, or print it. Employee details stay in your browser. The write-up tool collects your email when you unlock export.

Why a tools page, not another software page

Operators do not wake up looking for “employee documentation software.” They wake up looking at a claim letter, a SUTA notice, or a GM who swears the file is “around here somewhere.” These tools answer the money question first. Docu-Coach™ answers the file question second.

The unemployment calculator is the first one because the search intent is clear: does an unemployment claim cost the employer, and how much. The short answers are yes, and more than the weekly benefit, because an awarded claim can raise the experience-rated SUTA percentage applied to every employee still on the schedule.

What the calculator is actually doing

  1. 1 · Weekly benefit

    Lesser of 50% of average weekly wage or the state’s maximum weekly benefit.

  2. 2 · Account charge

    Weekly benefit × weeks collected × awarded claims. That charge hits the employer UI account, not the former employee’s pocket.

  3. 3 · Three-year SUTA

    An illustrated rate bump on taxable payroll. For a typical employer, do not add the charge on top of this tax — the charge is what drives the rate.

The number is not the whole problem

A charged claim is expensive. A claim that should not have been charged is a documentation failure. Reviewers read dates: documented incidents, handbook acknowledgments, attendance patterns, and a coaching chain that existed before the termination memo.

Use the calculator to decide whether contesting is worth the hours. Use the file to decide whether you can contest at all — start with the restaurant employee documentation checklist, how to write up an employee, and how to defend an unemployment claim. Docu-Coach™ is the manager memory system — 10-second voice capture, timestamps, and an exportable timeline. Free for 2 people, Manager at $9.98/month for 25 people, Teams at $250/month.

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