The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to announce changes to the TAA Program regulations as part of the implementation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015), title IV of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114-27). The updated regulations reduce regulatory burden by modernizing, simplifying, and clarifying state administration of the TAA Program.

To transmit special procedures, as updated to reflect regulatory and administrative changes in the H-2A Program, for employers who apply to the Department of Labor (Department) to obtain labor certifications to hire temporary agricultural foreign workers in occupations involving an itinerary for the shearing of sheep, goats, alpacas, or other animals requiring shearing in the United States.

To announce the 12 states selected to receive additional fiscal year (FY) 2020 awards totaling $2,500,000 to reduce the processing backlog for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC). The remainder of Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 13-19 remains the same.

To transmit special procedures, updated to reflect regulatory and organizational changes in the H-2A Program, for employers who apply to the Department of Labor (Department) to obtain labor certifications to hire temporary agricultural foreign workers in occupations involved in the open range production of livestock in the United States.

States have gained experience administering the PUA program under the CARES Act, Public Law (Pub. L. 116-136), and have identified additional questions about the PUA eligibility of individuals who are caregivers and affected by school systems reopening. The purpose of this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) is to address those questions concerning the PUA program.

To transmit special procedures, as updated to reflect regulatory and administrative changes in the H-2A Program, for employers who apply to the Department of Labor (Department) to obtain labor certifications to hire temporary agricultural foreign workers to perform sheepherding and/or goatherding activities.

To encourage states to use the IDH as an important integrity tool in combating UI fraud and provide an update on the IDH Participation Agreement.

To establish special procedures for itinerant commercial beekeeper employers who apply to the Department of Labor (Department) to obtain labor certifications to hire temporary agricultural foreign workers to perform work in the United States.

To remind states of their roles and responsibilities in addressing fraud in the UI system and the techniques and strategies available to assist states with their fraud management operations; and to provide states with funding to assist with efforts to prevent and detect fraud and identity theft and recover fraud overpayments in the PUA and PEUC programs using many of the tools and resources already available to states as discussed below.

To transmit special procedures, updated to reflect regulatory and organization changes in the H-2A Program, for multi-state custom combine owners/operators (including Canadian) who apply to the Department of Labor (Department) to obtain labor certifications to hire temporary agricultural foreign workers as crew members to perform work in the United States.