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WASHINGTON – The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) recognized 38 state workforce agencies, employers, Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) and Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) at its annual State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) Seminar Wednesday, in S...

WASHINGTON - The National Association of State Workforce Agencies announced its newest national policy committee, Wage & Hour. The committee will serve as a forum for state workforce and labor agency employees charged with enforcing wage and hour laws. "Our national policy comm...

For Immediate Release WASHINGTON – The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) announced the election of its 2021-2022 association year board of directors. NASWA membership, which represents state and U.S. territory workforce agencies nationwide, selected 15 new board mem...

This Maine state profile includes a snapshot of how the state responded to the COVID-19 pandemic during calendar year 2020. Throughout the pandemic, workforce agencies worked tirelessly to assist an unprecedented number of individuals and implement a host of new unemployment insurance prog...

Maine Department of Labor: The purpose of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to provide guidance on granting waivers of overpayments of UI, DWB, TRA, EB, and UCX/FE Benefits created during or as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, as well as overpayments on PEUC, FPUC, PUA, and LWA.

Tracks: E&T, EO, and UI Innovations in Equitable Access to the UI Program Working outside of the UI system to increase awareness and accessibility. Leverage state experience with Navigator Grants to improve outreach for UI.   MODERATOR Evan Littrell, Director, State Engageme...

Tracks: Legal and UI Tackling Worker Misclassification: Strategies to Respond Join to hear about how states and the USDOL Wage & Hour Division are responding to address worker misclassification. Over the last decade, the rise of a gig economy and virtual employment positions ha...

TRACKS: E&T and WLMI State-Led Strategies to Strengthen the Nation’s Healthcare Workforce As the U.S. emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, revitalizing the healthcare workforce is a major priority across the country. To meet this challenge, state workforce agencies are increasin...

For Immediate Release WASHINGTON – The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) announced the election of the 2020-2021 association year executive committee and board of directors last week at the annual Workforce Summit & UI Directors’ Conference, which...

For Immediate Release WASHINGTON - The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) announced the appointment of Chairpersons of the Policy Committees of the Membership. These individuals, selected from across the U.S. to serve as NASWA Policy Committee Chairpersons, are as fo...