UIPL 04-25 (Accessible PDF).pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington D.C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION Unemployment Insurance CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL OUI DUIO DATE December 6 2024 RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE Continuing ADVISORY TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 04-25 STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM JOS JAVIER RODR GUEZ s Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Social Security Annuities and Federal Civilian Pensions 1.Purpose. To ensure that states are aware that the social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and the Federal civilian pensions annual cost-of-living adjustment COLA increased for calendar year CY 2025 and to provide the U.S. Office of Personnel Management s OPM COLA information. 2.Action Requested. State Administrators should provide the information contained in this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL to appropriate staff. 3.Summary and Background. a.Summary This UIPL provides the CY 2025 COLA information and informs states to make necessary programming adjustments to accommodate the COLA increase. b.Background Each year OPM posts the COLA information for social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and Federal civilian pensions on its website. The 2025 COLA information is located at https www.opm.gov retirement-center my-annuity- and-benefits annuity-payments url Cost-of-Living. The Employment and Training Administration ETA is providing these tables in Attachment I. 4.Instructions. States that have laws requiring a reduction of the unemployment insurance UI weekly benefit amount by the prorated weekly amount of retired pay and pensions should program the increase in the COLA amount for CY 2025 into their UI systems. 5.Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office. 2 6.References. 5 U.S.C. 8502 b and Employment and Training Handbook No. 391 Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees Handbook for State Agencies Chapter VII 3 g . https www.dol.gov agencies eta advisories handbooks et-handbook-no-391. 7.Attachment. Attachment I Prorated Civil Service Retirement System CSRS and Federal Employees Retirement System FERS COLA Effective 12 01 2024.