Transcript RE-EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES

REENERGIZING REEMPLOYMENT
How « New Hampshire Works »
NH Works Partners Include:
• NH Department of Resources and Economic
Development (Office of Workforce Opportunity)
• 6 Regional Community Action Programs (CAPs)
providing Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
employment and training services
• NH Department of Employment Security
• NH Department of Health & Human Services
• NH Department of Education
• Senior Community Service Employment
WIA Partner
• WIA Employment Counselors reside within the
13 NH Works « One Stop » locations alongside
NHES staff, and work with the WIA participants
– Intake, O*NET Assessment, Testing, IEP
– Career Counseling, Support Services, ITA, Resumes
• 5 Job Placement Specialists (JPS) cover the state
and focus on job development activities
– Talking to employers, sourcing job opportunities,
matching companies and potential hires
– Job Club and other direct job search related activity
with participants
– OJT Development
NHES Partner
• NH Department of Employment Security
– Unemployment Insurance Claims
– Employment Services
• Employment Services Reps (ESR)
– Job development and employer outreach
– Job order posting in Job Match System (JMS)
– Assisting employers with finding UI claimants suitable
to their hiring needs
– Coordinating job fairs
– “Return to Work” Development
DED Partner
• Division of Economic Development - Business
Resource Specialists (BRS)
• Twofold mission:
– to retain and help expand existing NH businesses
– to attract new companies to our great state
• BRS
– Act as single point of contact for businesses seeking
assistance in areas ranging from licensing and
financing to permitting and workforce training
– Work with federal, regional, local and other State
agencies, and private sector partners, to deliver a
comprehensive array of services to NH companies at
all stages of their growth cycle.
Business Services Approach
• Partnering with businesses to help foster
economic recovery and growth
• ESRs, JPS & BRS provide businesses with
information on a variety of other programs that
may be of benefit to employers, and that they
may not know about:
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NH Job Training Fund
Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program
Federal Bonding Program
Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
ARRA Funded Energy Audits
Labor Market Information
Contact information for other state, federal or community
agencies
Employer Outreach Strategies
• Cold calling broad approach and targeted approach
• Scheduled company visits
• Marketing materials adapted from US DOL OJT NEG
Tool Kit
• Working closely with NH Works Partners
• Small business development centers
• Joint presentations with IRS Small Business Regional
Liaison
Employer Outreach Strategies
• Press releases, interviews by local cable television
and the statewide WMUR-TV and press, including
Business NH Magazine and Keene Sentinel articles
• Testimonials from companies and their positive
experiences with the OJT NEG program.
• Job fairs, Chamber of Commerce meetings, and
business trade shows, employer seminars.
• Employment Counselors outreach to customers who
qualify for OJT and provide with OJT NEG Referral
Letter
Return to Work (RTW)
• Part of Governor John Lynch’s 3-Part Initiative
– Kicked off March 2010
– Helps UI claimants “get their foot in the door” while
acquiring new or additional skills in a training
opportunity at no cost to the employer
– Allows Employers to “try before they buy”
– Claimants continue to collect UI benefits while training
– Trainees can only be part-time with 6 week duration
maximum, and no more than 24 hours/week
– Trainee is NOT an employee…there is no promise of
employment and employer cannot pay trainee
– Workers’ Compensation provided by NHES
New HampshireWorking
Initiative – Part 2
In addition to Return to Work
• Stay at Work: Workshare
– Businesses submit a plan, reducing work hours of
their employees to avert layoff, while the employee
receives partial unemployment compensation
– Team effort DRED & NHES
New HampshireWorking
Initiative – Parts 3
• Coming Soon: Work Readiness Credential
– To meet the needs of the NH business community for
better trained workers and ensure that workers are
able to compete for better jobs, eligible unemployed
workers will be given the opportunity to take an
assessment test of their skill levels.
– Assessment tool used will be Work Keys
– After completing the assessment, workers will be
certified as work ready or be offered the opportunity
to participate in remedial training in any area where
they need to upgrade their skills.
– Program administered by Community College System
Conversion of RTW to OJT
• ESR monitors status of RTW training and “fit”, and
communicates back to the JPS
• RTW does not have to last the full 6 weeks…often
employers can gauge trainee fit in days or a few
weeks
• If not already WIA participant, intake could take up
to 2 weeks, so timing and communication are critical
to smooth transition from RTW to OJT
Conversion of RTW to OJT
• Trainee must qualify for and enroll as WIA Participant
• Training must fill a skill gap, or provide marketable skills the
trainee does not already possess
• OJT Agreement and Training Outline must be signed BEFORE
training starts under the OJT
• Trainee becomes FT employee, benefits eligible, covered by
employer Workers’ Compensation, and paid at the same rate
as trainees or employees with similar jobs and experience
• Employer must certify intention to retain trainee upon
successful completion of OJT
• Trainee cannot displace any existing employee, or replace
anyone who was laid off from substantially similar position
within past 6 months
WIA OJT Reimbursement
• For Workers who are not ARRA OJT NEG eligible
– Eligible Dislocated Workers who have not met the
“prolonged unemployed” criteria (in NH 18 weeks)
– Also for “Adult” (18 yrs or older, unemployed or
employed but in need of assistance to obtain
employment that allows for self-sufficiency. Includes
low income & public assistance customers.)
– Employer reimbursed for up to 50% of wages
– 6 month maximum training period with $4K cap
– Minimum pay rate of $10/hour
ARRA OJT NEG
• Time limited funding assistance to stimulate job creation and
create OJT employment opportunities for recession-related
dislocated workers by offsetting employer training costs
• $75M Nationwide Grant - July 2010 to June 2012
All 3 Criteria Must Be Met:
DISLOCATED WORKER
LAID OFF ON OR SINCE 1/1/08
PROLONGED
UNEMPLOYMENT
OJT NEG Reimbursement
• Based On Employer Size :
1-50 employees
75% - 90% of wage rate
51 – 250 employees
50 – 75% of wage rate
251 and more
up to 50% of wage rate
• Percentage rate applied factors in actual
company size, trainee skills gap, extent and
length of training needed, etc.
• 6 Month Maximum Training Period
• No OJTs in Public Sector, No Seasonal OJTs
NH OJT Results 7/1/10 – 5/6/11
• OJT NEG
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Number of OJT NEG
Average Trainee Age
Average Training Period
Average Trainee Pay Rate
Average ER Reimbursement
Average ER $$ Reimbursed
Obligated funds to date
46 (1/2 were RTW)
45.7
19 weeks
$14.57/hour
78%
$8,471
$390K
NH OJT Results 7/1/10 – 5/6/11
• WIA OJTs Same Reporting Period
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– Non-NEG Eligible Dislocated Workers
– Adult OJTs
18
22
– OJT NEGs
46
Total OJTs
86
Additional Information
Contact:
Maggie Hinkle
NH Works WIA Job Placement Coordinator
[email protected]
(603) 477-4913