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Today the Department of Labor administers the state's workforce programs, including unemployment insurance benefits and employment services, and carries out the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, an initiative designed to promote employment opportunities and job training using federal funds.
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
Labor exchange services (e.g., counseling, job search and placement assistance, labor market information) Program evaluation; Recruitment and technical services for employers; Work tests for the state unemployment compensation system, and; Referral of unemployment insurance claimants to other federal workforce development resources
According to the University of Georgia’s Workforce and Economic Resilience Center’s 2023 Workforce Pipeline Snapshot, “The number of [childcare] establishments grew from 2,247 in early 2018 ...
If you've recently lost your job in Georgia, you may be eligible for Georgia Unemployment Insurance benefits. This is a guide to filing your claim for Georgia unemployment benefits. Since each ...
Several categories reached record highs, including the number of jobs and number of people employed. Georgia’s unemployment rate holds steady in November at 3.4%, number of jobs up Skip to main ...
The Workforce Investment Act is a federal act that "provides workforce investment activities, through statewide and local workforce investment systems, that increase the employment, retention, and earnings of participants, and increase occupational skill attainment by participants, and, as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the productivity ...
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