- UIPL No. 21-22 (Issue Date: December 28, 2022)Subject
Federal Military Pensions Cost of Living (COLA) Adjustments
PurposeTo ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual COLA provided by the Department of Defense.
ActiveProgram Year:2022Fiscal Year:2023 - UIPL No. 22-22 (Issue Date: December 28, 2022)Subject
Social Security Annuities and Federal Civilian Pensions
PurposeTo 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) 2023, and to provide the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) COLA information.
ActiveProgram Year:2022Fiscal Year:2023 - TEN No. 12-22 (Issue Date: December 28, 2022)Subject
2023 Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) Seminar
PurposeTo provide information regarding the 2023 UI SIDES Seminar to be hosted by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) on April 18-20, 2023, in Indianapolis, IN.
ActiveProgram Year:2022Fiscal Year:2023 - UIPL No. 20-22 (Issue Date: December 23, 2022)Subject
Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit Amount: January 1 – March 31, 2023
PurposeTo 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, 2023, (second quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023).
ActiveProgram Year:2022Fiscal Year:2023 - UIPL No. 23-21, Change 4 (Issue Date: December 21, 2022)Subject
Updated Guidance for Awards related to Grant Opportunity Announced in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 23-21.
PurposeTo provide updated guidance on the period of performance for grants that promote equitable access to unemployment compensation (UC) programs.
ActiveProgram Year:2022Fiscal Year:2023 - TEGL No. 21-08, Change 2 (Issue Date: December 20, 2022)Subject
Federal Pell Grants and the Payment of Unemployment Benefits to Individuals in Approved Training
PurposeTo strongly encourage states to review their policies and practices for reemployment and re-skilling Unemployment Insurance (UI) beneficiaries and other unemployed jobseekers, and to inform jobseekers of their potential eligibility for Federal Pell Grants (Pell Grants) and other student aid to meet educational expenses associated with enrollment in an eligible postsecondary program. Further, to remind states that determinations made regarding UI Approved Training requests may be reported as “countable” non-monetary determinations for workload purposes.
ActiveProgram Year:2022Fiscal Year:2023 - TEN No. 09-22 (Issue Date: December 6, 2022)Subject
Virtual Conference: Strategies for Monitoring, Accountability, Risk-Mitigation, and Transparency (SMART) Training
PurposeTo announce the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) upcoming virtual SMART training conference. This training opportunity is scheduled to be held on February 14 – 16, 2023, and is intended for all ETA grant recipients and stakeholders.
ActiveProgram Year:2022Fiscal Year:2023 - TEN No. 11-22 (Issue Date: December 6, 2022)Subject
Notification of the Online Federal-State UC Legislative Seminar
PurposeTo remind states of the continuing availability of the self-paced, online Federal-State UC Legislative Seminar, in partnership with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA).
ActiveProgram Year:2022Fiscal Year:2023 - TEN No. 10-22 (Issue Date: December 6, 2022)Subject
Joint Communication on Guidance to States on Addressing the Workforce Needs and Safety of the Telecommunications Industry
PurposeTo announce a joint communication from Department of Labor’s (Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the workforce development opportunities associated with additional broadband and wireless telecommunications investment.
ActiveProgram Year:2022Fiscal Year:2023 - TEGL No. 24-20, Change 1 (Issue Date: November 25, 2022)Subject
Change 1 to Operating Instructions for Implementing the Reversion Provisions of the Amendments to the Trade Act of 1974 Enacted by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015
PurposeTo update operating instructions, previously issued in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 24-20 to State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs or “states”) regarding the allowability for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program funds for employment and case management services under the reversion provisions of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015) and the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 (TAARA 2002). This Change 1 revises the operating instructions that apply to the use of funds and on the provision of employment and case management services to adversely affected workers covered by petitions filed on and after July 1, 2021. This version of the TAA Program is described herein as “Reversion 2021.”
ActiveProgram Year:2022Fiscal Year:2023