- UIPL No. 15-20, Change 3 (Issue Date: January 5, 2021)Subject
Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers (Continued Assistance) Act of 2020 - Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) Program Reauthorization and Modification and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC) Program Operating, Reporting, and Financial Instructions
PurposeThe purpose of this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) is to provide guidance about the reauthorization and modification of the FPUC program and guidance about the new MEUC program authorized in sections 203 and 261 of the Continued Assistance Act, Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-260, respectively.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - TEN No. 13-20 (Issue Date: January 4, 2021)Subject
Advancing a One Workforce Vision and Strategy
PurposePromote adoption of a One Workforce strategy by State Workforce Agencies, State and Local Workforce Development Boards, American Job Centers (AJCs), and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) partner programs and stakeholders.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - UIPL No. 10-21 (Issue Date: January 4, 2021)Subject
Social Security Annuities and Federal Civilian Pensions
PurposeTo ensure that states are aware that: 1) the social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and the Federal civilian pensions annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase for calendar year 2021 and 2) COLA information is located on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - UIPL No. 17-20, Change 2 (Issue Date: December 31, 2020)Subject
Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020-Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) Program: Extension, Transition Rule, Increase in Total Benefits, and Coordination Rules
PurposeThe purpose of this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) is to provide guidance about the changes to the PEUC program authorized by section 206 of the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 (Continued Assistance Act).
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - UIPL No. 24-20, Change 1 (Issue Date: December 31, 2020)Subject
Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act (Continued Assistance Act) of 2020 - Provisions Affecting the Federal-State Extended Benefits Program
PurposeTo advise states of the enactment of the Continued Assistance Act, on December 27, 2020, amending certain provisions of the Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act (EUISAA), set out in division D of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Pub. L. 116-127), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Pub. L. 116-136), and creating an optional, time-limited, and temporary waiver related to the 13-week "off" period in the permanent extended benefit (EB) law, the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (EUCA), 26 U.S.C. § 3304, note.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - UIPL No. 09-21 (Issue Date: December 30, 2020)Subject
Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 (Continued Assistance Act) - Summary of Key Unemployment Insurance (UI) Provisions
PurposeTo advise states of the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, specifically Division N, Title II, Subtitle A, the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020, on December 27, 2020, and to provide an overview and instructions for implementing certain UI-related provisions.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - TEN No. 12-20 (Issue Date: December 30, 2020)Subject
Federal Schedule of Remuneration for Use in Determining Benefit Eligibility under the Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) Program
PurposeTo ensure states are aware of the Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program that reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2021.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - TEN No. 11-20 (Issue Date: December 28, 2020)Subject
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Data Validation (DV) Knowledge Management System.
PurposeTo announce the availability of the UI DV Knowledge Management System that states can use as a technical assistance resource tool for UI Benefits DV.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - TEN No. 10-20 (Issue Date: December 23, 2020)Subject
Expiration of the Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) Program for Eligible Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Recipients and Eligible Alternative TAA and Reemployment TAA (ATAA/RTAA) Recipients or Eligible Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Recipients
PurposeTo provide information and expand awareness of the expiration of the HCTC Program on December 31, 2020, and to advise States in assisting job seekers and workers.
RescindedProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - TEGL No. 10-20 (Issue Date: December 21, 2020)Subject
Fidelity Bonding Demonstration Grants to State Workforce Agencies to Support Employment Opportunities for Ex-Offenders, Including Ex-Offenders Recovering from Opioid and Other Drug Addictions
PurposeTo announce the availability of up to $3.3 million for Fidelity Bonding Demonstration Grants for Program Year 2020. These grants will enable states to expand their use of fidelity bonds to help persons with criminal records, including ex-offenders recovering from opioid and other drug addictions, obtain employment.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021