- UIPL No.18-14 (Issue Date: July 16, 2014)Subject
Fiscal Year 2014 Unemployment Insurance Worker Misclassification Prevention and Detection Supplemental Funding Opportunity
PurposeTo notify states of a supplemental funding opportunity involving fiscal year (FY) 2014 unemployment insurance (UI) State Administration funds to address worker misclassification within the federal-state UI program and to provide guidance on how states can submit funding requests.
ActiveProgram Year:2014Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 04-14 (Issue Date: July 14, 2014)Subject
Release and Availability of Employment and Training Administration (ETA) National Agricultural Workers Survey Public Access Data
PurposeTo announce the release and availability of the ETA National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) Public Access Data for Fiscal Years 1989-2012.
ActiveProgram Year:2014Fiscal Year:2014 - TEGL No. 02-14 (Issue Date: July 14, 2014)Subject
Eligibility of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Participants for Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Act Programs
PurposeThe purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide guidance to states and grantees concerning the eligibility of individuals granted relief under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Initiative (DACA participants) with employment authorization documents (employment authorization) for program eligibility for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs and Wagner-Peyser Act programs.
ActiveProgram Year:2014Fiscal Year:2014 - TEGL No. 01-14 (Issue Date: July 11, 2014)Subject
Second Distribution of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Training and Other Activities Funds and the Process for Requesting TAA Program Reserve Funds
PurposeTo assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states" in administering the TAA program by identifying the FY 2014 Second Distribution amounts to states and describing the formula methodology the Department of Labor (Department or We) used to calculate these amounts; and to describe the process for states to request TAA program reserve funds for training, employment and case management services, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and related state administration.
CanceledProgram Year:2014Fiscal Year:2014 - UIPL No.13-14, Change 1 (Issue Date: July 11, 2014)Subject
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Supplemental Funding for Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Programs
PurposeTo notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 funds to expand existing UI REA programs, or to implement a new REA program if the state does not currently have one.
ActiveProgram Year:2014Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 03-14 (Issue Date: July 11, 2014)Subject
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Financing Seminar
PurposeThis notice announces and solicits nominees for a UI Benefit Financing Seminar to be held October 21- 24, 2014, in Washington, D.C.
ActiveProgram Year:2014Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 02-14 (Issue Date: July 8, 2014)Subject
Receiving Ticket to Work Payments as an Employment Network
PurposeTo replace the previously issued Training and Employment Notice (TEN) No. 14-12, "Receiving Ticket to Work Payments as an Employment Network," issued on December 4, 2012. This TEN announces that the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Employment Network (EN) Payment Agreement has been rescinded by the Social Security Administration (SSA), and provides information on a new process for public workforce entities to become ENs under SSA's Ticket to Work and Self Sufficiency (TTW) Program.
ActiveProgram Year:2014Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 01-14 (Issue Date: July 7, 2014)Subject
Strategies for Using Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Formula Funds to Serve Court-Involved Youth and Youth At-Risk of Offending
PurposeThe WIA Youth Formula Program provides funds to state and local areas to serve low-income youth ages 14 to 21 who face barriers to employment. The purpose of this notice is two-fold: to provide examples of strategies that may prove useful for WIA programs that serve court-involved youth and youth at-risk of offending, and to offer points to keep in mind in designing and operating programs for this population.
ActiveProgram Year:2014Fiscal Year:2014 - UIPL No.17-14 (Issue Date: July 7, 2014)Subject
Revised Employment and Training (ET) Handbook No. 336, 18th Edition: "Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Quality Service Plan (SQSP) Planning and Reporting Guidelines"
PurposeTo provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with Change 3 of ET Handbook No. 336, 18th Edition.
ActiveProgram Year:2014Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 35-13 (Issue Date: June 27, 2014)Subject
Statutory Provisions for Relief from Interest Charges and Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) Credit Reductions Resulting from Title XII Advances
PurposeTo review statutory provisions providing relief from interest charges and FUTA credit reductions related to states obtaining advances from the Federal Unemployment Account (FUA) and to remind states of application deadlines for relief and the phase-in of additional requirements in 2014 for an interest-free advance.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - UIPL No.15-14 (Issue Date: June 25, 2014)Subject
Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit Amount: July 1 - September 30, 2014
PurposeTo transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014.
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - UIPL No.16-14 (Issue Date: June 25, 2014)Subject
Unemployment Compensation for Employees of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC)
PurposeTo ensure that states are aware that PHSCC employees are covered under the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) program.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - UIPL No.14-14 (Issue Date: June 18, 2014)Subject
Effect of the U. S. Supreme Court's Decision in United States v. Windsor on the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program
PurposeTo advise states of the effect of the U. S. Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Windsor on the unemployment compensation (UC) program.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - TEGL No. 27-13 (Issue Date: June 18, 2014)Subject
Impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in United States v. Windsor on the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
PurposeTo advise State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") of the Windsor decision for the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program and the need for CSAs to revise their policies to conform to the change in federal policy on same-sex marriages as those changes affect the TAA program.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - UIPL No.13-14 (Issue Date: June 16, 2014)Subject
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Supplemental Funding Opportunity for Program Integrity and Performance and System Improvements
PurposeTo notify State Workforce Agencies of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 funds for activities that support the prevention and detection of UI improper benefit payments, improve state performance, and address outdated Information Technology (IT) system infrastructures.
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 34-13 (Issue Date: June 9, 2014)Subject
Publication of the Final Rule for the Federal-State Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program - Data Exchange Standardization as Required by Section 2104 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
PurposeTo inform states regarding the publication of the final rule for the Data Exchange Standardization as required by Section 2104 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 33-13 (Issue Date: June 4, 2014)Subject
Joint Letter on Informing Career Decisions from the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
PurposeTo share the interagency support for ensuring students and parents have relevant and timely information to make informed career decisions. This notice is meant to encourage continued coordination and collaboration across the public workforce, adult basic education, career and technical education, and human and social service systems to prepare students for education and career paths.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 32-13 (Issue Date: May 28, 2014)Subject
Supporting Successful Transition to Adulthood for Current and Former Youth in Foster Care Through Coordination with the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
PurposeTo inform states and local areas about how Workforce Investment Act (WIA) formula-funded youth programs can assist youth who are currently or were formerly in foster care to complete post-secondary education and training by coordinating with state and local Independent Living coordinators to ensure youth have knowledge and access to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (Chafee program) Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs), and State Tuition Waivers.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - UIPL No. 34-11, Change 1 (Issue Date: May 28, 2014)Subject
Benefit Year Earnings (BYE) Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Performance Measure
PurposeTo disseminate state Acceptable Level of Performance (ALP) targets for the BYE UI integrity performance measure for the calendar year (CY) 2014 performance period and provide information on this measure for future performance periods.
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 31-13 (Issue Date: May 27, 2014)Subject
Release and Availability of the Final Report Titled Evaluation of the STEM Initiative
PurposeThe Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of a report titled Evaluation of the STEM Initiative.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014