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Tom Byerley (NASWA) and Pete Shipman's (Oklahoma Employment Security Commission) presentation from the Myth Busting with the Experts workshop at the 2018 UI Integrity and SIDES Symposium in Houston, Texas on April 11 - 12, 2018.

SIDES Employer Response Study: Executive SummaryBACKGROUNDThe State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) went live, verifying information about unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims from employers and third-party administrators (TPA) through a nationally standardized computer-to-c...

BACKGROUNDThe State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) went live, verifying information about unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims from employers and third-party administrators (TPA) through a nationally standardized computer-to-computer system in February 2010. The use of SIDE...

The National Association of State Workforce Agencies and the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission are pleased to invite you to the 80th NASWA Annual Conference. The conference will take place at the Renaissance Convention Center Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, September 27 - 29, 2016....

The NASWA Equal Opportunity Committee met March 12-13, 2015 in Oklahoma City, OK. Click the PDF above to download the meeting minutes.

Kentucky’s 2014 annual jobless rate plunges to 6.5 percentFRANKFORT, Ky. (March 9, 2015) — Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate plunged to 6.5 percent in 2014 from 8 percent in 2013, while nonfarm employment gained 29,000 jobs, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an ag...

Iowa Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.2 PercentDES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in January from 4.3 percent in December. The state’s jobless rate was 4.4 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in January.“Iowa’s ec...

District of Columbia Awarded Major Unemployment Insurance Performance GrantFederal Funding Will Support DOES Efforts to Improve Integrity of Programs and Operations.Washington, DC – On Monday, September 15, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the District of Columbia will rec...

District of Columbia Economy Adds 11,800 Jobs in JulyDistrict’s Unemployment Rate stays at 7.4 PercentWashington, DC – The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services reported today that the preliminary July job estimates show an increase of 11,800 jobs, for a total of 763,400 j...

Short-time compensation (STC) is a program within the federal-state unemployment insurance system. In states that have STC programs, workers whose hours are reduced under a formal work sharing plan may be compensated with STC, which is a regular unemployment benefit that has been pro-rated...