UI State Information Data Exchange (SIDES)
Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) is a web based system that allows electronic transmission of UI information requests from UI agencies to multi-state employers and/or Third Party Administrators (TPAs), as well as transmission of replies containing the requested information back to the UI agencies.
The current implementation of SIDES allows for the exchange of Separation Information. The next formats to be released will be Earnings Verification Information, which is in final testing and Monetary and Potential Charges that is just starting development. Future data formats, include but are limited to formats such as non-monetary determinations, benefit charges, and lower authority appeal decision information.
This site contains documents that state UI agencies and employers/TPAs may review to gain a deeper understanding of SIDES and how it operates. More technical documents are available, on request, for IT developers. As the SIDES project moves forward, additional SIDES documents will be made available.
For additional information, please contact John Sharkey at 
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Completed products include the:
SIDES Concept of Operations
Documentation
- Introductory Guide
Updated May 25, 2011 - Implementation Guide
- SIDES Agreement to Participate
Governance
SIDES Standardized Exchange Formats
- Separation Information Exchange
- State UI Agency Request for Separation Information Data Format Note: In order to print this document, select pages 17-23 only. Print out is 8.5" x 14" (legal size)
- Employer or TPA Response Data Format Note: In order to print this document, select pages 24-39 only. Print out is 8.5" x 14" (legal size)
- State UI Agency Request for Separation Information Data Format Note: In order to print this document, select pages 17-23 only. Print out is 8.5" x 14" (legal size)
- Earnings Verification Exchange
- Monetary and Potential Charges (Draft) Updated May 25, 2011
- Benefit Charge Back to Employer (Draft)
- Nonmonetary Determinations (Draft)
- Lower Authority Appeals Decisions (Draft)
SIDES Employer Website (SEW)
- User Guide – Separation Information Exchange
- SEW User Guide for Earnings Verification
- Screen Shots – Separation Information Exchange
- Screen Shots – Earnings Verification Exchange
SIDES Participant Status
- State Status Updated December 2011
- Employer / TPA Status Updated October 2011
- Vendor Status Updated October 2011