To provide guidelines for the FY 2025 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit RESEA State Plans.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from July 1 – September 30, 2025 (fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.
 

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1 – June 30, 2025 (third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025).

To inform states that applications for additional scenarios for blanket waivers of recoveries of established overpayments under Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 20-21, Change 1, will no longer be accepted as of the publication date of this UIPL.

To advise states that to remain eligible for participation in NIDVO and have the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) directly cover at least two years of transaction costs subject to funding availability, states must implement one or both of the NIDVO services no later than December 31, 2025. To successfully deploy prior to this deadline, as described in more detail below, a state should begin the implementation process no later than October 20, 2025.

To provide urgent instructions to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) on data retention requirements for temporary pandemic-related UC programs, authorized under the CARES Act, as amended. This guidance reflects a change in policy and replaces prior guidance on this specific topic.

To advise states that certain qualified non-citizens, specifically nationals of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, are eligible to receive federal, state, and local public benefits including unemployment benefits.
 

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from January 1 – March 31, 2025 (second quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025).

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual COLA provided by the Department of Defense.