1. Everything you always wanted to know about W-P
WAGNER-PEYSER 101
Everything you always wanted to know about W-P

2. HISTORY
Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 created the nationwide public employment service
Social Security Act of 1935 created Unemployment Compensation and UI tax
Early years, ES was a labor exchange and a clearinghouse for public service jobs
Senator Robert Ferdinand Wagner- New York, born in Germany and Representative from New York-Theodore Albert Peyser

3. President Franklin Roosevelt is shown signing the legislation, as Senator Wagner and Representative Peyser look on.

4. HISTORY WWII-ES mobilized the nation’s defense industry
1960s-emphasized training and the upgrading of applicants’ skills-Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962

5. HISTORY
1980’s-promoted the labor exchange concept, emphasizing general placement activity and employer services
Microfiche – by the time the microfiche was sent to the local offices, the jobs were already filled.

6. HISTORY
1990’s, the Wagner-Peyser funded public labor exchange became a core component of the new Workforce Development System
JIS
Job Information System-dumb terminals, mainframe system.

7. HISTORY
2000 – WP became the universal access component of the One-Stop Career System
2004 – OSMIS WP
2005 – EFM
2007 – EFM roll-out
Osmis for WP was December 6, 2003.
March 1, 2005 Florida introduced EFM as a self-service system for labor exchange.
January 12, 2007 EFM became the management information system for both Wagner-Peyser and WIA.

8. FUNDING FUTA Tax Wagner-Peyser 7(a) and 7 (b)
7(a) PY 2008 grant = $32,835,957
7(b) PY 2008 = $3,648,440
Federal Unemployment Tax Act Generally, employers must pay both state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they pay wages to employees totaling $1500, or more, in any quarter of a calendar year; or, (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week during 20 weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether or not the weeks were consecutive. Under Wagner-Peyser Act section 7(b), ten percent of the total sums allotted to each state shall be reserved for use by the Governor to provide performance incentives for public ES offices, services for groups with special needs, and for the extra costs of exemplary models for delivering job services.
The law required that the MOU’s be performance based and that 15% of the Wagner-Peyser funds be dedicated to performance payments. The funds used for the performance incentives are Wagner-Peyser 7(b) funds that specifically allow the Governor to provide performance incentives for public employment service offices and programs only.
Federal formula to allocate funds to the RWBs---weighted 1/3 unemployment, 2/3 Civilian Labor Force

9. BASIC PURPOSE
“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)

10. To assist job seekers in finding employment;
Federal Regulations requires that Employment Security Offices (One-Stop Career Centers) have the capacity:
To assist job seekers in finding employment;
To assist employers in filling jobs;
To facilitate the match between job seekers and employers;
To participate in a system for clearing between the states;
To meet the work test requirements of the state Unemployment Compensation system.” (20 CFR 652.3).
Job orders sent to AJB, next year AJB is dissolved. Each state will have own website.
Work test for UC-job is suitable and is refused, a communique is sent to UC hub. Benefits may be cut.

11. Program Operations-Job Seeker
REGISTRATION/APPLICATION
PARTICIPATION/EXIT
SERVICES TO UC CLAIMANTS
ENTERED EMPLOYMENT
PLACEMENTS

12. REGISTRATIONS
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.
Job seekers may be registered upon contacting the labor exchange through the One-Stop delivery system or as required by State law or policy.
Job seekers receiving staff-assisted-services funded under the Wagner-Peyser Act must be registered in the Wagner-Peyser reporting system.
Job seekers who use self-services or facilitated self-help services also may be registered, but this is not required.

13. A Wagner-Peyser Participant
Determined eligible to participate in the Wagner-Peyser Program
Receives a service funded by the program in a physical location (e.g., a One-Stop center) or receives a service electronically

14. Definition of Program Exit
Participant does not receive a service funded by the W-P Program or a partner program for 90 consecutive calendar days (Federal definition)
Actual exit date is the date of the last service provided

15. Entering Data
Job seeker services are to be entered in EFM at the time they are provided.
EFM does not allow backdating of services beyond 15 days.
Multiple services can be provided to job seekers on a daily basis.
However, only one service of each type may be added during a one-day period.
After 15 days, the Regional Security Officer can backdate or make necessary changes.

16. SERVICES TO UC CLAIMANTS
Priority Reemployment Planning (PREP)
Orientation & Assessment required
Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Project (REA)
Assessment, Employability Development Plan, Labor Market Info, Job Search, and Referral to Training when appropriate
Besides our regular services we offer to everybody.
Used to be the Profiling program. PREP is scheduled at fifth week of claim. Must have received first payment.
Regions 8, 17, 20, 21, 23 and 24 have the project currently.

17. 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)
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Case Notes Screen 17
Was an assessment provided? (y, n)
On the job seeker tab, we look to see if an orientation and an assessment were entered.

18. PREP 23 Does the region provide PREP services? (y, n)
(2)(a) FS FL Admin Rules 60BB 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
PREP
Worklog
and EFM
Activities
screen
On the Other tab on the tool, we determine if the region is conducting PREP and are they doing it correctly.

19. REA EFM WP application Miscellaneous Information Special Program1
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)
EFM Activities screen 2a
If yes to Q2, is the assessment in hard copy form? (y, n, x)
One-Stop Center's REA files 3
Did this REA participant receive LMI? (y, n) 4
Did this REA participant have an Employability Development Plan? (y, n) 4a
If yes to Q5, is the EDP in hard copy?

20. ENTERED EMPLOYMENT
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.
If a match is found with UI wage data in the quarter following the exit quarter, credit is given for an “Entered Employment”.
Federal Long-Term Measure/Balanced Scorecard (Common Measures)

21. ENTERED EMPLOYMENT
“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.
- is prior to the date of hire of the job seeker. The office that provided the service that triggered a new participation.

22. Placement Definition
Federal definition 20 CFR
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:

23. Placement Definition
Prepared a job order form (in EFM) prior to referral, except in case of job development.

24. Placement Definition
Made prior arrangements with the employer for the referral of an individual(s).

25. Placement Definition
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.

26. Placement Definition
Verified from a reliable source, preferably the employer, that the individual had started to work.

27. Placement Definition
Appropriately recorded the placement.

28. Placement Credit
Placement credit is attributed to the region which entered the service that commenced participation on short term measure (MMR).

29. JOB ORDERS
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 March 4, 2003 Wagner-Peyser ((W-P) Job seeker Registration and Employer Services Procedures.
(View Job Orders Presentation)

30. WAGNER-PEYSER COMPLAINT SYSTEM
Each full-service One-Stop Center takes complaints.
(View Wagner-Peyser Complaint System presentation)

31. MORE INFORMATION email: Ken.McDonald@flaawi.com JOAN LOSIEWICZ
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KEN MCDONALD (850)