TCS implements a new unemployment insurance application for Mississippi

Company has been helping several US states to modernise their systems that support Unemployment Insurance programs

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest IT services provider, announced on Tuesday that the Mississippi, Rhode Island and Maine (MRM) Consortium has gone live with the TCS developed Unemployment Insurance (UI) Application for Benefits. Mississippi began implementation of the UI solution prior to the formation of the consortium, while the states of Maine and Rhode Island plan to adopt the solution in the near future.

Mississippi's Unemployment Insurance program helps unemployed individuals throughout the state by providing monetary benefits to those who have involuntarily lost their jobs, while they look for new employment opportunities.

TCS has been helping several US states to modernise their systems that support UI programs.

"The successful launch of the TCS developed UI multi-tenant application in Mississippi demonstrates that the MRM Consortium continues to move forward," said Mark Henry, Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

"We are pleased that Mississippi is the first state to launch such an application, and we look forward to the deployment in Rhode Island and Maine next year. This success certainly required extensive team work and coordination by all the partners, and is an example of what we can achieve together," said Henry.

Over the past few decades, there has been a federal push for states to upgrade their legacy unemployment insurance systems that support employees who are involuntarily unemployed. The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has supported the concept of multi- state consortia for joint UI modernization efforts. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES), which had already undergone such modernization efforts, joined forces with Maine and Rhode Island to form the MRM Consortium and develop UI modernization applications to reduce long term maintenance and support costs.

TCS was selected by MDES to build a UI application that consolidated data and business processes into a single, secure and accessible environment with core and state specific components.