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• Hiring veterans

  Hiring qualified veterans Your local WorkSource center offers a variety of staffing services to help you hire qualified military veterans. WorkSource can help you: Write recruitment notices that attract veterans. Advertise your jobs. Identify veteran applicants based on your requirements. Host hiring events. Conduct interviews and/or group orientations at WorkSource. Take advantage of tax incentives for hiring veterans. WorkSource is a partnership of Employment Security, state agencies,...

• Employment Security video library

  Employment Security video library   Unemployment benefits These videos give basic unemployment benefits information. Read the Handbook for Unemployed Workers (PDF, 2.9MB) for more detailed information. Applying for unemployment benefits | 3 minutes | English Appealing a benefits decision  | 32 minutes | English | Spanish Creating your secure eServices account | 5:31 minutes | English For...

• UIAC Meeting documents

  Unemployment Insurance Advisory Committee Meeting documents YEAR 2024UI Policy Discussion - 01/26/2024UI Policy Discussion - 02/23/2024Adverse Impacts UIAC Summary - 02/23/2024UI Policy Discussion - 03/29/2024UI Policy Discussion - 05/15/20242023 MWBA Impact Report - 05/15/2024Work Search Requirements Legislative Report - 05/15/2024UI Policy Discussion - 06/26/2024UI Policy Discussion - 07/24/2024UI Policy Discussion - 08...

• SharedWork claimant FAQ

  SharedWork employee/participant questions I have tried to apply for unemployment benefits online, but am having trouble. Can someone help me? Yes. Call our customer service for technical assistance, 800-752-2500, option 1. Or go to your employer representative at your place of business to complete and submit a SharedWork Employee Application.   I forgot my PIN number. Can you help me?Of course! Call SharedWork 800-752-2500, option 1 to get immediate help. How do I qualify for...

• SEAP frequently asked questions

  Self-Employment Assistance Program (SEAP) frequently asked questions Eligibility Q. What is the Self-Employment Assistance Program (SEAP)?A. In 2007, the Washington legislature decided that self-employment assistance programs help unemployed individuals and create new businesses and job opportunities. State law (RCW 50.20.250) allows unemployment-insurance claimants identified as likely to exhaust their regular unemployment benefits the opportunity to enroll in self...

• Benefit extensions

  Benefit extensions Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) The federal PEUC program that extends unemployment benefits ended Sept. 4, 2021. Extended Benefits (EB) Due to the lower unemployment rate in Washington state, the Extended Benefits program ended March 13, 2021. If you still need unemployment benefits Continue filing weekly claims if you have an active unemployment claim You might have weeks available on a regular...

• Jobs with Employment Security

  Jobs with Employment Security You and your work matter here.    Our mission: We contribute to healthy communities by providing people equitable access to resources that improve economic security.    Who We Are At ESD, we provide economic security to the people of Washington every day and in every corner of the state. We help people find jobs, bridge gaps in employment, and provide paid family medical leave. We have a flexible...

• WorkSource recruiting and screening services

  WorkSource recruiting and screening services WorkSource offers a variety of staffing services to meet your company’s workforce needs. RecruitmentAs part of the nationwide US Employment Service, WorkSource can help your recruitment efforts with these free services: Advertise your job openings Screen and refer qualified applicants to your jobs based on your requirements Help you write job descriptions Show you new approaches for hard to fill jobs Participate in job fairs and hiring events...

• COVID-19 business information

  COVID-19 business information Employment Security can help Washington’s employers weather the financial impacts of COVID-19.  During the pandemic, federal and state government moved rapidly to respond to COVID-19. A lot has changed. See questions and answers about legislation and new rules that affect employers. How Employment Security is responding A series of emergency rules will relieve the burden of temporary layoffs, isolation and...

• Consent agreements

  Summaries of consent agreements resulting from lawsuits against Employment Security Duncan vs. Turner | Nava settlement | O'Brien, et al, vs. ESD | Othello Community Hospital | Pregnancy/disability    Duncan vs. Turner In 1987, the legislature passed a law giving claimants the option of filing for an alternate base year. Before this law was passed, if a claimant didn't have 680 hours worked in their base period (first four of...