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United States Employment Services
"The Employment and Workforce Information Service"
The Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 established a nationwide system of public employment
offices that are known as the Employment Service. This system has provided high
quality job seeker and employer labor exchange service and information for over
sixty years. The Employment Service has been known by many names including the
Job Service, the "Labor Board" and the "Unemployment Office". But by any name
there is no question that the Employment Service has fulfilled the employment
related information and service needs of millions nationwide.
The Wagner-Peyser Act was amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(WIA). The WIA amendments transformed the Employment Service into the foundation of a
One-Stop delivery system. The Wagner-Peyser funded Employment Service now provides the
universal access to core services and an integrated array of labor exchange and
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) services delivered through One-Stop Career Centers
nationwide.
In addition, the WIA amendments under Section 309 Employment Statistics, charged
the Secretary of Labor to oversee the development, maintenance and continuous
improvement of a nationwide employment statistics system of employment
statistics. In partnership with State Workforce Agencies and the Bureau of Labor
Statistics access employment statistics and labor market information through One-Stop
Career Centers and the world-wide-web is being continuously improved.
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