8 AAC 85.830 - Reemployment services

(a) Reemployment services funds must be used to provide reemployment services to unemployment insurance claimants through the one-stop job centers. These services are offered in addition to the usual Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49) funded employment services in order to accelerate a return to work.

(b) Under the Wagner-Peyser Act, allowable activities include job search and placement services to job seekers, including

(1) counseling;

(2) testing;

(3) occupational and labor market information;

(4) assessment;

(5) referral to employers; and

(6) appropriate recruitment services and special technical services for employers.

(c) Reemployment services may include

(1) services provided to unemployment insurance claimants identified under 8 AAC 85.357 through the unemployment insurance profiling system;

(2) in-person staff assisted services;

(3) initial claimant reemployment assessments;

(4) career guidance and group and individual counseling, including provision of materials, suggestions, or advice that is intended to assist the job seeker in making occupation or career decisions;

(5) provision of labor market, occupational, and skills transferability information that clarifies claimants' reemployment opportunities and skills used in related or other industries;

(6) referral to job opening information;

(7) referral to employers and registered apprenticeship sponsors;

(8) referral to training;

(9) assessment, including interviews, testing, or employability planning; and

(10) referral to training that is funded by the Workforce Investment Act (29 U.S.C. 2801 - 2945) or STEP (AS 23.15.620-23.15.660), or provided by third party service providers.

Notes

8 AAC 85.830

Eff. 4/24/2010, Register 194

Authority:AS 23.20.045

AS 23.20.080

AS 23.20.100