To announce the renewal of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Data Validation (DV) Handbook, Benefits and Tax (Employment and Training (ET) Handbook No. 361) and the Data Validation Operations Guide (ET Handbook No. 411).

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the release of the updated Equitable Access Toolkit published on WorkforceGPS under the UI Community of Practice (COP). This toolkit provides SWAs with actionable solutions for common and emerging issues related to equitable access to unemployment compensation (UC) programs.

To clarify existing requirements and flexibilities for states in conducting evaluations (as a form of research) pursuant to the regulations at 20 CFR 682.220, consistent with WIOA Sections 116(e), 129, 134, 168, 169 ; [29 U.S.C. 3141(e), 3164, 3174, 3223, 3224].

To announce the new data sharing partnership between Treasury’s Fiscal Service and NASWA’s UI Integrity Center to make DNP data sources and services available to the IDH to further support states in preventing and detecting improper payments and strengthening UI program integrity. This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) also announces an updated IDH Participation Agreement (PA) – Version 6.0, which states must execute to access DNP data sources and services through the IDH.

To announce the publication of the final rule on Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States (Farmworker Protection Rule), which makes changes to the regulations regarding the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES), in addition to changes to the regulations governing the H-2A temporary nonimmigrant agricultural worker visa program at 20 CFR 655, subpart B, and 29 CFR 501. This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) describes revisions to the ES regulations at 20 CFR parts 651, 653, and 658, which relate to the Agricultural Recruitment System (ARS) and the situations where State Workforce Agencies (SWA) discontinue providing ES services to employers.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) notice that the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) has begun a project to modernize the Unemployment Insurance Database Management System (UIDBMS), which will include changing the system from an on-premises server-based reporting system to a cloud-based reporting system; and to announce a national webinar to inform states of the modernization’s progress.    

To modify dates of the 2024 SIDES “Exchanging Knowledge About the Exchanges” Informational Webinar Series announced in Training and Employment Notice (TEN) No. 25-23. The series will take place from April 11, 2024, through May 2, 2024.

To announce the 2024 SIDES “Exchanging Knowledge About the Exchanges” Informational Webinar Series that will be hosted by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) from April 4, 2024, through May 2, 2024.

The purpose of this notice is to alert grantees to the implementation timelines of the recently finalized rule defining the Effectiveness in Serving Employers Primary Indicator of Performance. 
                                      
 

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to: (i) describe the scope and characteristics of quality pre-apprenticeship programs in a manner that is consistent with the language of the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) in Apprenticeship Final Rule and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Final Rule; (ii) identify how pre-apprenticeship programs can increase access to Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) for all Americans, including those historically underrepresented and underserved in RAPs; and (iii) provide examples of quality pre-apprenticeship programs in diverse settings.  

This TEN rescinds and replaces the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) previous guidance on pre-apprenticeship programs, TEN No. 13-12, Defining a Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program and Related Tools and Resources.  While ETA’s Office of Apprenticeship (OA) does not directly oversee or regulate pre-apprenticeship programs, OA recommends the elements outlined in this TEN, as they facilitate subsequent success in a RAP.  Additionally, while pre-apprenticeship programs are not subject to the EEO requirements of 29 CFR Part 30, which identifies specific actions for creating discrimination- and harassment-free apprenticeship processes and environments, incorporating the elements of that regulation into pre-apprenticeships may benefit RAP sponsors in meeting the applicable EEO requirements.