To inform states of the discontinuation of the CWC 02-12 application in UI-ICON and provide an alternative method for paying states to communicate to the transferring state(s) an employer’s failure to timely or adequately respond to State Workforce Agencies’ (SWA) requests for information relating to a CWC.

To advise states of sequestration rules for FY 2025 to ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) apply these rules to mandatory UI programs.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from October 1 – December 31, 2024 (first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025).

To advise states about their responsibilities related to the HCTC program.

To provide states with information about preliminary FY 2025 UI State Administration base resource planning targets, with general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states.

To advise states of the elimination of Initial Interstate Claim Form IB-1.
 

This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) announces the availability of additional funding to cover ongoing administrative costs related to reporting, data retention, audit-related and oversight activities, efforts to detect, establish and recover overpayments, and financial reconciliation efforts associated with the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) programs and the provisions of Section 2105 of the CARES Act for Temporary Full Federal Funding of the First week of Compensable Regular Unemployment for States with No Waiting Week (Section 2105).

To initiate the FY 2025 SQSP process and define additional requirements relevant to the FY.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with advance notice of the upcoming permanent transition of the DV and TPS applications from UIDBMS to UIRS; instructions to submit DV and TPS data to UIRS; and the decommissioning of the DV and TPS applications in UIDBMS effective August 15, 2024.

To inform states of changes made by the Department of Defense (DOD) to the DD Form 214 and 215 (DD-214 and DD-215) series and to provide guidance necessary to properly administer the Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers (UCX) program.