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WAGNER-PEYSER 101
Everything you always wanted to know about W-P
HISTORY
o Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 created the nationwide public employment service
o Social Security Act of 1935 created Unemployment Compensation and UI tax
o Early years, ES was a labor exchange and a clearinghouse for public service jobs
HISTORY
o WWII-ES mobilized the nation’s defense industry
o 1960s-emphasized training and the upgrading of applicants’ skills-Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962
HISTORY
o 1980’s-promoted the labor exchange concept, emphasizing general placement activity and employer services
HISTORY
o 1990’s, the Wagner-Peyser funded public labor exchange became a core component of the new Workforce Development System
o JIS
HISTORYo 2000 – WP became the universal
access component of the One-Stop Career System
o 2004 – OSMIS WP o 2005 – EFM o 2007 – EFM roll-out
FUNDING
o FUTA Taxo Wagner-Peyser 7(a) and 7 (b)o 7(a) PY 2008 grant = $32,835,957o 7(b) PY 2008 = $3,648,440
BASIC PURPOSE
o “The basic purpose of the employment service system is to improve the functioning of the nations’ labor markets by bringing together individuals who are seeking employment and employers who are seeking workers.” (20 CFR.652.2)
Federal Regulations requires that Employment Security Offices (One-Stop Career Centers) have the capacity:
o To assist job seekers in finding employment; o To assist employers in filling jobs; o To facilitate the match between job seekers and
employers; o To participate in a system for clearing between
the states; o To meet the work test requirements of the state
Unemployment Compensation system.” (20 CFR 652.3).
Program Operations-Job Seeker
o REGISTRATION/APPLICATIONo PARTICIPATION/EXITo SERVICES TO UC CLAIMANTSo ENTERED EMPLOYMENTo PLACEMENTS
REGISTRATIONSo It is necessary to the extent possible, that all
job seekers that are authorized to work in the United States be registered in the W-P reporting system.
o Job seekers may be registered upon contacting the labor exchange through the One-Stop delivery system or as required by State law or policy.
o Job seekers receiving staff-assisted-services funded under the Wagner-Peyser Act must be registered in the Wagner-Peyser reporting system.
o Job seekers who use self-services or facilitated self-help services also may be registered, but this is not required.
A Wagner-Peyser Participant
o Determined eligible to participate in the Wagner-Peyser Program
o Receives a service funded by the program in a physical location (e.g., a One-Stop center) or receives a service electronically
Definition of Program Exit
o Participant does not receive a service funded by the W-P Program or a partner program for 90 consecutive calendar days (Federal definition)
o Actual exit date is the date of the last service provided
Entering Data
o Job seeker services are to be entered in EFM at the time they are provided.
o EFM does not allow backdating of services beyond 15 days.
o Multiple services can be provided to job seekers on a daily basis.
o However, only one service of each type may be added during a one-day period.
SERVICES TO UC CLAIMANTS
o Priority Reemployment Planning (PREP)n Orientation & Assessment required
o Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Project (REA)
n Assessment, Employability Development Plan, Labor Market Info, Job Search, and Referral to Training when appropriate
PREP
16 Was an Orientation Service provided? (y, n)
WP Basic Training (WP Services in EFM)
EFM Activities Screen
16a If yes to Q16, was the orientation provided onsite by One-Stop staff? (y, n, x)
" Case Notes Screen
17 Was an assessment provided? (y, n) EFM Activities Screen
PREP
23 Does the region provide PREP services? (y, n)
443.171(2)(a) FS FL Admin Rules 60BB-3.028 .Priority Re-
Employment Planning (PREP)
And Re-Employment
Services
23a If yes to Q23, do the One-Stops which provide services, conduct PREP according to the PREP manual/admin rule? (y, n)
UC Resources-Manuals
PREPWorklogand EFMActivitiesscreen
REA
1
Was this REA participant coded REA in EFM? (y, n) REA Contract
EFM WP application Miscellaneous Information Special Program
2
Was an assessment done for this REA participant? (y, n) REA Contract
EFM Activities screen
2a
If yes to Q2, is the assessment in hard copy form? (y, n, x) REA Contract
One-Stop Center's REA files
3
Did this REA participant receive LMI? (y, n) REA Contract
EFM Activities screen
4
Did this REA participant have an Employability Development Plan? (y, n) REA Contract
EFM Activities screen
4a
If yes to Q5, is the EDP in hard copy? REA Contract
One-Stop Center's REA files
ENTERED EMPLOYMENT
o A job seeker (not employed) who receives a workforce service and then has no service for 90 consecutive calendar days becomes an exiter as of the date of last service.
o If a match is found with UI wage data in the quarter following the exit quarter, credit is given for an “Entered Employment”.
o Federal Long-Term Measure/Balanced Scorecard (Common Measures)
ENTERED EMPLOYMENT
o “Entered employment” credit is attributed to the One-Stop Center entering the workforce service which commences participation for staff-assisted services and to the office of record for the participant if self-service.
Placement Definition
Federal definition 20 CFR 651.10 Placement” means the hiring by a
public or private employer of an individual referred by the One-Stop Centers for a job or for an interview, provided that the employment office completed all of the following steps:
Placement Definition
1. Prepared a job order form (in EFM) prior to referral, except in case of job development.
Placement Definition
2. Made prior arrangements with the employer for the referral of an individual(s).
Placement Definition
3. Referred an individual who had not been specifically designated by the employer, except referrals on agricultural job orders for a specific crew leader or worker.
Placement Definition
4. Verified from a reliable source, preferably the employer, that the individual had started to work.
Placement Definition
5. Appropriately recorded the placement.
Placement Credit
o Placement credit is attributed to the region which entered the service that commenced participation on short term measure (MMR).
JOB ORDERS
o State policy dictates that all job orders and openings are to be listed in the Wagner-Peyser reporting system and therefore reported to USDOL. AWI FG 03-035-March 4, 2003 Wagner-Peyser ((W-P) Job seeker Registration and Employer Services Procedures.
(View Job Orders Presentation)
WAGNER-PEYSER COMPLAINT SYSTEM
o Each full-service One-Stop Center takes complaints.(View Wagner-Peyser Complaint System presentation)
MORE INFORMATION
o JOAN LOSIEWICZ(850)245-7422 email: [email protected]
o KEN MCDONALD(850)245-7412 email: [email protected]
