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This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: EUC Extension Proposed Through 2014 On Wednesday, November 20th, House Committee on Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced identical legislation, (H.R. 3546 and S. 1747) to extend...

The National Governors Association (NGA) hosted the NGA Veterans’ Licensing and Certification Demonstration Policy Academy this week at the U.S. Department of Labor. Six states – Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, Virginia and Wisconsin - were selected to participate in the Academy to assi...

The temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program may provide additional federal unemployment insurance benefits to eligible individuals who have exhausted all available benefits from their state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Currently, EUC08 benefits are availab...

Linda Rouse, Iowa Workforce Development, Auta Main, Maine Department of Labor, Beverly VanTull, Virginia Department of Veteran Services, and Richard Wultrich, Illinois Department of Employment Security presentation from the Promising Practices workshop from th...

The U.S. Department of Treasury recently released its ninth newsletter on the Treasury Offset Program’s (TOP) Unemployment Insurance Program initiative. The initiative collects UI debt from federal income tax refunds due to fraud or a person’s failure to report wages while collecting unemp...

This report analyzes several types of recent changes to state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Three categories of UC state law issues are considered: (1) changes in the duration of state UC unemployment benefits; (2) changes in the UC weekly benefit amount; and (3) the enactment i...

The Unemployment Insurance Interstate Benefits Subcommittee Meeting will begin Wednesday, October 2nd at 8:30 a.m. and end Thursday, October 3rd at 12:00 p.m. There is a $150 fee to attend this meeting.  It will be held at the Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago. 

Illinois' Data Insights and Innovations Award Nomination: Evidence Based Framework for Next Generation Decision Makers Contact Information of Individual Submitting Nomination Nominator: George Putnam Email Address: george.putnam@illinois.gov Agency Name: Illinois Department of Employment S...

The Illinois Dept. of Employment Security (IDES) first transitioned to the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) initiative in 2016. With that transition, those UI claimants that were most likely to exhaust benefits were targeted and required to receive assistance with t...

Every year, NASWA's President, Board of Directors and certain Committees present awards recognizing state and individuals for their excellent contributions to the public workforce system. This year's award winners were announced at the 77th NASWA Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.NASWA...