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The 113th Congress is facing a number of issues related to unemployment insurance programs: Unemployment Compensation (UC), the temporary, now-expired Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08), and Extended Benefits (EB). With the national unemployment rate decreasing but still high, the...

On Wednesday, May 21, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation reauthorizing and overhauling the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. According to the bill’s sponsors, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) would modernize and imp...

The Connecticut Department of Labor’s online Unemployment Insurance Assistance Center is now available in Spanish, as well as English.The online service center, which can be found at www.filectui.com, offers a number of unemployment insurance services, including the ability to request an a...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including:Senate Fails to Move WOTC Extension ForwardOn Thursday, May 15, the Senate failed to get 60 votes to stop debate and vote on the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act (S. 2260), a bill that would ex...

This document is the Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 11-14 from May 15, 2014.

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including:Labor Secretary Perez sends Letter to Speaker Boehner on EUC ExtensionOn Wednesday, May 7, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) urging him to bring the Emergency Unemployment Compensation...

Although states have a great deal of autonomy in how they establish and run their unemployment insurance programs, federal law requires states to promptly pay Unemployment Compensation(UC) benefits as provided under state law. During some recessions, current taxes and reserve balances may ...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including:National Labor Exchange Provides Over 1.5 Million Job Listings on Federal Veterans Employment CenterOn Tuesday, April 22, First lady Michelle Obama announced the launch of the new Veterans Employment Center at Fort Campbell, Ke...

NASWA UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COMMITTEE, Meeting Report, May 1-2, 2014, Madison, Wisconsin

News Release No.: 2014-39 Date: April 30, 2014California Labor Commissioner Announces Statewide “Wage Theft is a Crime” Campaign Sacramento—California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su announces the start of a statewide, multilingual campaign about wage theft to educate workers and employers ...