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• UIAC Meeting recordings

  Unemployment Insurance Advisory Committee Meeting recordings YEAR 2024 January 26, 2024 TVW Broadcast February 23, 2024 TVW Broadcast March 29, 2024 TVW Broadcast May 15, 2024 TVW Broadcast June 26, 2024 TVW Broadcast July 24, 2024 TVW BroadcastAugust 7, 2024 TVW BroadcastSeptember 4, 2024 TVW Broadcast YEAR 2023January 27, 2023 TVW BroadcastFebruary 24, 2023 TVW BroadcastMarch 31, 2023 TVW BroadcastJune 14,...

• Strategies that work

  Strategies that work We know applying for unemployment can be confusing.  Many questions are answered on our website.  The information in the Unemployed Worker Handbook also provides helpful information about unemployment insurance, how to apply, and eligibility. When you speak to an agent, please keep in mind that no two situations are the same.  The claims agents can assist in answering general questions and taking claims; however, they are unable to...

• Identifying unemployment scams

  Identifying unemployment scams Protecting you and your personal information is a top priority for ESD. Use this page to help you identify and avoid unemployment scams. We will never ask for: Information on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, or any other social media platform. As of December 2020, scammers are creating legitimate-looking Facebook pages for state agencies, and then leading claimants to web pages or emails that request private, secure information. Find...

• WIOA Quarterly Performance Reports

  WIOA annual and quarterly performance reports Statewide annual performance reports (APRs) by program for a given program year (July 1- June 30) and statewide and workforce development area (WDA) quarterly performance reports (QPRs) in both single quarter and rolling 4 quarter are now available. Annual reports Statewide Program Year 2023 WIOA Youth WIOA Adult WIOA Dislocated Worker Wagner-Peyser Quarterly Reports Statewide...

• Relief of benefit charges

  Relief of benefit charges Relief of benefit charges applies only to taxable, non-local government employers.  When an employer is granted “relief of benefit charges,” benefits paid to the employer’s former worker are not factored in to the employer’s tax rate. You may qualify to have the benefit charges removed (which we call "relief of benefit charges") if your employee's separation is due to one of the following reasons: They voluntarily quit, and you did not cause the...

• Pro-equity anti-racism (PEAR) at ESD

  Pro-equity anti-racism (PEAR) at ESD   The Pro-Equity Anti-Racism (PEAR) effort is a statewide initiative to manifest a pro-equity anti-racism ecosystem in Washington state. As directed through an executive order, and under the direction of the Washington State Office of Equity, all state agencies will develop PEAR action plans to help achieve the PEAR vision that: “Everyone in Washington has full access to the opportunities, power and resources they need to...

• Unemployment insurance tax-rate factors

      Unemployment insurance tax-rate factors High unemployment drives tax rate increases and tax relief The Legislature passed Senate Bill 5061 in 2021, which gives employers some tax relief. Senate Bill 5061 What this bill provides State UI tax relief...

• Contact information for employers

  Contact information for employers    General tax information and forms 855-829-9243 Persons with hearing or speaking impairments can call Washington Relay Service 711 Mailing addresses  Paid Family & Medical Leave Website: PaidLeave.wa.gov Email: paidleave@esd.wa.gov   Bankruptcy notices P.O. Box 9046Olympia, WA 98507(U.S. Postal Service only. No UPS or FedEx) Email: esdgpbankruptcyunit@esd.wa.gov  Find tax-related contact information and...

• Speaker Presentations - 2019 Labor Market Symposium

   HOME  |  AGENDA  |  KEYNOTE SPEAKERS  |  BREAKOUT SPEAKERS  |  PRESENTATIONS  |  SPONSORSHOTEL  |  GETTING TO BELL HARBOR  |  ABOUT LMEA  |  CONTACT Presentations    Morning Keynotes Welcome and Opening (Video  |  Full PowerPoint  |  PDF)Suzi LeVine, Commissioner, Washington State Employment Security...

• Referral union program

  Referral Union Program Some unions participate in the Referral Union Program. Participation in the program allows union members to count the union dispatch and referral system as fulfilling their job search requirements. Full referral unions maintain out-of-work lists and dispatch eligible members to available jobs. Members of referral unions who are registered and actively seeking work through the union do not have to seek work outside of the union. In order to participate in the program, a...