The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education have collaboratively issued Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) provisions related to performance accountability. 

Joint Files:

• WIOA Statewide Performance Report Template and WIOA Local Performance Report Template (ETA-9169)
• WIOA Joint Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL) (ETA-9170)
• WIOA Eligible Training Provider (ETP) Performance Report Specifications and WIOA ETP Performance Report Definitions (ETA-9171)
• WIOA Joint Quarterly Narrative Performance Report (ETA-9179)

DOL-only Files:

• DOL Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL) (ETA-9172)
• (Program) Performance Report (ETA-9173)
• Pay-for-Performance Report (ETA-9174)

All of these documents have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for collection.

Final Rule for WIOA Effectiveness in Serving Employers Performance Indicator

On March 25, 2024, finalized two rules to establish a definition of Effectiveness in Serving Employers.  

The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education published a Joint final rule to incorporate a standard definition that would use “Retention with the Same Employer” as the criterion for the Effectiveness in Serving Employers Performance indicator into the regulations for WIOA core programs. The Labor Department’s WIOA core programs are Adult, Dislocated Worker, Youth, and Employment Service. WIOA core programs in the Department of Education are the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act program and the Vocational Rehabilitation program authorized under the Rehabilitation Act.  

As a result of this rule, WIOA title I formula grantees are required to submit two Effectiveness in Serving Employers (ESE) reports to the Department of Labor: (1) a statewide ESE report that includes data from all 6 WIOA core programs, and (2) a local area ESE report that combines WIOA title I ESE results for each local area in the state. 

The Department of Labor published a separate final rule that would use “Retention with the Same Employer” as the criterion to measure Effectiveness in Serving Employers for four DOL-administered WIOA title I non-core programs: Indian and Native American Programs, Job Corps, YouthBuild, and the National Farmworker Jobs Program. 

The Final Rules are published in the Federal Register.