This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) provides information to state workforce agencies about changes to NAICS coding for calendar year (CY) 2022 and requests states to update industry codes on employer unemployment insurance (UI) accounts to ensure states correctly code subject employers.

To ensure states are aware of the Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program that reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2022.

This Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 3-21 conveys additional Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 WOTC funding allotments and application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) based on funding appropriated through a continuing resolution (CR) through February 18, 2022. The rest of TEGL No. 3-21 remains the same.

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

To announce RESEA outcome payments for FY 2021, as required by section 306(f)(2) of the Social Security Act (SSA), and provide eligible states with information on how to obtain their outcome payment allocation.

To advise states that the deadline for submitting a grant application to assist states in promoting equitable access to unemployment compensation (UC) programs is further extended to December 31, 2021.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) apply the sequestration rules for FY 2022 to mandatory Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs. These rules include the application of sequestration on delayed benefit payments for prior FYs and the resulting administrative costs.

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, 2022, (second quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022).

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) conveys to states the Administration's priorities, modification requirements, submission process, and deadline for the required modification of the WIOA Unified and Combined State Plans (State Plans) for PY 2022 and PY 2023, consistent with Sections 102 and 103 of WIOA.

To provide information on grant awards made to states selected to participate as "build and pilot" partners in the Claimant Experience Pilot and to provide information on how State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) can express interest in participating in future UI IT modernization pilots.