- UIPL No. 29-13 (Issue Date: September 12, 2013)Subject
Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit Amount: October 1 – December 31, 2013
PurposeTo transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014.
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2013 - TEGL No. 24-12, CHANGE 1 (Issue Date: September 12, 2013)Subject
Processing of Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Certification Requests for Target Group Members Residing in Empowerment Zones (EZs)
PurposeTo provide the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) information on the nomination extension process for EZs, and the date when SWAs can start processing certification requests for the two target groups, which require its members to reside in EZs.
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2013 - TEN No. 07-13 (Issue Date: September 12, 2013)Subject
Announcement of the 2013 Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Research Papers Program
PurposeTo announce the availability of funds for the 2013 ETA Research Papers Program. This initiative will provide approximately $80,000 in funds, for up to 10 projects, to doctoral and post-doctoral students interested in writing scholarly, policy-relevant research papers on topics of interest to the public workforce investment system. These applications are due on November 11, 2013.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2013 - UIPL No. 28-13 (Issue Date: September 9, 2013)Subject
Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Investigative and Coding Guidance
PurposeTo update ET Handbook No. 395, 5th Edition, to include BAM standards for exhaustive attempts to obtain claimant information and to establish guidelines for coding errors when claimants fail to respond.
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2013 - UIPL No. 27-13 (Issue Date: September 9, 2013)Subject
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Supplemental Funding Opportunity to Fund Costs Attributable to the Implementation of the Sequestration Impacts on the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Program in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014
PurposeTo notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of funds through the Supplemental Budget Request (SBR) process for costs related to the implementation of sequestration requirements impacting the EUC program in FY 2014.
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2013 - UIPL No. 26-13 (Issue Date: September 6, 2013)Subject
Extension of Approval and Reminder of Requirement to Use Form MA 8-7, Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials
PurposeTo inform states of the extension of approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the use of the Form MA 8-7, Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials, and to remind states to use it to transmit unemployment insurance materials.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2013 - TEN No. 06-13 (Issue Date: September 5, 2013)Subject
Release and Availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws Effective July 2013
PurposeTo announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws Effective July 2013.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2013 - TEN No. 05-13 (Issue Date: September 4, 2013)Subject
Reporting Training-Related Employment under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Programs
PurposeThis Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is intended to improve reporting on training related employment for WIA programs. The TEN begins with general overview of the current state of the training-related employment and occupation information in the Workforce Investment Act Standardized Record Data (WIASRD) for individuals that obtained employment after program exit. Second, this TEN presents the challenges associated with collecting this information. Lastly, the TEN will present some state practices on effective ways to collect and report on training-related employment for WIA exiters who received training and obtained employment.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2013 - TEGL No. 5-13 (Issue Date: September 4, 2013)Subject
Pilot Study on Credential, Degree and Certificate Attainment by Participants of the Native American, Section 166, Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult Program
PurposeTo notify WIA Section 166 Indian and Native American (INA) grantees of a pilot study on credentials received by participants of the Native American Employment and Training program and to provide guidance on how to define a credential. The pilot study will be for one year, from July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. All grantees will be included in the pilot study, however, no additional information will be required from grantees as the data will be obtained from the Standard Participant Information Record (SPIR) file that grantees already submit every quarter. Upon completion of the study, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) – in consultation with the Secretary of Labor’s (Secretary) Native American Employment and Training Council (NAETC) – will establish a “credential goal” for the Native American, Section 166 program. The purpose of the credential goal will be to promote increases in training that lead to the attainment of industry recognized credentials and employment. The credential goal will be in addition to the existing three performance measures for the Native American program (entered employment, employment retention and average earnings).
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2013 - TEGL No. 08-12, CHANGE 1 (Issue Date: August 30, 2013)Subject
Update on the Roles and Responsibilities of the Public Workforce System in Tracking, Offering Employment Services, and Reporting Outcomes of Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) Participants.
PurposeTo inform the workforce system about the required process for providing outreach to and tracking outcomes of VRAP participants, including how the Department of Labor (DOL) will make available VRAP participant information to state grantees. It also includes procedures for American Job Center (formerly known as One-Stop Career Center) staff to offer VRAP participants employment assistance upon program completion or termination as required by the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. This guidance provides specifications for reporting to DOL on outreach activities and the employment outcomes of VRAP participants. This change also corrects an inconsistency on the reporting values, offers more details on report due dates, provides instruction for reporting individuals who are both VRAP participants and Extended Unemployment Compensation (EUC) claimants, and provides programmatic updates.
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2013