SIDES Announces Unemployment Integrity Dedication Awards

WASHINGTON – The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor, recognized a record-breaking 46 state workforce agencies, and 41 employers, professional employer organizations (PEOs), and third-party administrators (TPAs) at its annual State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) Seminar in Denver, CO.

These state agencies, employers, PEOs, and TPAs were recognized for their dedication to reducing fraud and promoting unemployment insurance (UI) integrity through their commitment to utilizing SIDES in processing UI benefit claims.

SIDES is a web-based system that allows the electronic transmission of information regarding UI claims between employers and state workforce agencies. The system reduces fraud and time waste while promoting accuracy and security throughout the UI claim life cycle.

“Through their commitment to SIDES, these state agencies, employers, PEOs, and TPAs are strengthening unemployment insurance integrity, reducing fraud, and ensuring a more secure and efficient claims process for workers and businesses alike,” NASWA President and CEO Scott B. Sanders said.

Those organizations recognized for their dedication to UI integrity through their commitment to utilizing SIDES in the 2025 calendar year are as follows:

STATE AGENCIES

Diamond Awards
Criteria: At least 35% of the state’s UI claim responses came through SIDES E-Response; at least 50% of the state’s UI claim responses came through SIDES (either through E-Response or System Integration); the state is connected with 100% of the integrated partners that have been live on SIDES System Integration for a year or more.

• Alabama Department of Workforce
• Arizona Department of Economic Security
• Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
• Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations
• Indiana Department of Workforce Development
• Iowa Workforce Development
• Kansas Department of Labor
• Maine Department of Labor
• Maryland Department of Labor
• Nebraska Department of Labor
• Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
• Utah Department of Workforce Services 

Platinum Awards
Criteria: At least 35% of the state’s UI claim responses came through SIDES E-Response or at least 50% of the state’s UI claim responses came through SIDES (either through E-Response or System Integration); the state is connected with 100% of integrated partners that have been live on SIDES System Integration for a year or more.

• FloridaCommerce
• Illinois Department of Employment Security
• Louisiana Works
• Missouri Department of Labor & Industrial Relations
• Mississippi Department of Employment Security
• New Hampshire Employment Security
• New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions

Gold Awards
Criteria: At least 35% of the state’s UI claim responses came through SIDES E-Response or at least 50% of the state’s UI claim responses came through SIDES (either through E-Response or System Integration) or the state is connected with 100% of integrated partners that have been live on SIDES System Integration for a year or more.

• Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development
• District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
• Delaware Department of Labor
• Georgia Department of Labor
• Idaho Department of Labor
• Kentucky Education & Labor Cabinet
• Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity
• Montana Department of Labor & Industry
• North Carolina Department of Commerce
• Job Service North Dakota
• Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation
• New York State Department of Labor
• Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
• Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
• Oregon Employment Department
• Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources
• Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training
• South Carolina Department of Employment & Workforce
• South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation
• Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development
• Texas Workforce Commission
• Vermont Department of Labor
• Virginia Employment Commission
• Washington State Employment Security Department
• Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
• WorkForce West Virginia
• Wyoming Department of Workforce Services

EMPLOYERS, PEOs, & TPAs

Superior Performance Awards
Criteria: The organization achieved a 100% overall score in their use of SIDES.

• AllTek Staffing and Resource Group
• AZ School Risk Retention Trust
• Caterpillar
• CPS Recruitment
• Justworks Unemployment Services
• Qualified Staffing
• Questco, LLC
• Syndeo Outsourcing

Outstanding Performance Awards
Criteria: The organization achieved a 98% overall score in their use of SIDES.

• Alpha Staff Inc.
• Applied Underwriters, Inc. – American Employer’s Group
• Arizona Labor Force, Inc.
• Charles Taylor
• City University of New York (CUNY)
• Dunn Corporate Resources
• EmployersEdge
• Ernst & Young LLP
• Ethan Allen
• Experian Employer Services, Inc.
• FrankCrum
• General Motors (GM)
• HRlogics - UCM
• Industrial UI Services
• Mask Consultants, LLC
• Michigan Hospital Association (MHA) Unemployment Compensation Program
• NSN EMPLOYER SERVICES, INC.
• Paychex
• Personnel Planners
• Pike Enterprises, LLC
• Precision Pipeline LLC
• QPS Employment Group
• The Sedona Group
• Stop Claims Corporation
• Surge Staffing
• swipejobs LLC
• UC Alternative, Inc.
• Unemployment Solutions for You (Us4U)
• Unemployment Tax Management Corporation (UTMC)
• ValeU Group
• Vensure TPA, LLC
• VerifyToday
• Worksite 

SIDES is a quick, accurate, and secure way to automate responses to unemployment insurance claim notices from state workforce agencies and is currently operating in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S. territories. SIDES E-Response is a free website where employers and their representatives can quickly, accurately, and securely submit responses to unemployment insurance (UI) claims directly to state workforce agencies.