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Unemployment insurance reemployment rate performance measure
Summary ETA set acceptable state performance levels for the unemployment insurance reemployment rate measure and explained how to calculate and report it. The letter includes a matrix adjusted for unemployment rates and the share of claimants required to search for work, plus state comparison data. ETA now lists the letter as Canceled.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 17-08
Date issued
May 14, 2008
Status
Withdrawn
ETA lists this letter Canceled as of 2026-10-25; the letter prints an expiration date of May 14, 2009.
Status last verified October 25, 2026
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Employment and Training Administration Advisory System
U.S. Department of Labor
Washington, D.C. 20210
CLASSIFICATION: UI
CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL: OWS/DPM
DATE: May 14, 2008
ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 17-08
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: BRENT R. ORRELL /s/
Acting Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: The Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Rate Core Measure
1. Purpose. To establish Acceptable Levels of Performance (ALPs) for the UI Performs
Core Measure, “Facilitate the Reemployment of UI Claimants,” and explain the
methodology for administering this measure.
2. References. Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 14-05, “Changes to
UI Performs,” (February 18, 2005); UIPL 1-06, “Collection of Data on the Facilitation of
Reemployment of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Recipients,” (October 6,
2005); Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 24-05, Change 1, “Baseline
Value and the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Target for the Indicator used for the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Goal to Facilitate the Reemployment of
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimants,” (January 19, 2007); UIPL No. 12-08,
“Establishing an Acceptable Level of Performance (ALP) for the
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Rate Measure,” (February 13, 2008).
3. Background. In March 2006, states began submitting data on the number of
beneficiaries who received a UI first benefit payment in one quarter and for whom
earnings were reported in the quarter following their first payment. Each calendar
quarter, on the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) 9047,
“Reemployment of UI Benefit Recipients” report, states report the number of
beneficiaries receiving UI first payments for whom intrastate or interstate wages are
reported in the subsequent quarter. (As of the latest ETA 9047 reports, 9 states are
crossmatching their first payments against only intrastate wage record databases).
First payment recipients are classified by whether they are exempt from work search
or employment service (ES) registration--in most cases because they are job-attached
with definite recall dates—or whether they must conduct work search or register.
These data were used initially to calculate the UI GPRA national reemployment rate
measure, which is defined as the percentage of all UI claimants receiving a first
RECISSIONS: None
EXPIRATION DATE: May 14, 2009
payment in a calendar quarter who were paid wages in the following quarter that
appear in UI wage records. In 2007, the Department began development of a UI
Performs Core measure “with a criterion by which to assess individual states’ success
in facilitating UI reemployment.”
In February 2008, UIPL 12-08 solicited comments on a proposed definition for the
measure, a proposed matrix of ALPs that reflected ranges of Total Unemployment
Rates (TUR) and percentages of claimants not exempt from work search, and the
proposed methodology for the administration of this Core measure. By using the
statistical technique of multiple regression to compute ALPs that are adjusted for the
two main factors outside the control of the agency administering the state UI law, the
ALPs are made as comparable across states as possible. A table of ALPs for the FY
2009 SQSP performance period was proposed, based on regression analysis of data on
1st payments for the four calendar year (CY) 2006 quarters and total reemployment
counts for the following quarters (April 2006 through March 2007). Only one state
agency submitted comments, which generally concurred with our proposals.
4. Definition of the UI Performs Core Measure. For purposes of consistency and uniform
application to all states, the UI Performs Core measure is defined the same as the
GPRA measure.
5. Establishing the Reemployment ALP for the FY 2009 SQSP. The table of ALPs for the
FY 2009 SQSP performance period from UIPL No. 12-08 is below. Each state will find
the ALP it will use to judge the acceptability of its performance by finding the row that
reflects its state TUR for calendar year 2007 and the column that reflects the percent of
state claimants who are not on temporary layoff. The cell where the appropriate row
and column intersect is the state’s ALP.
ALPs for Reemployment of UI Beneficiaries
for the FY 2009 SQSP
Percent of Claimants Not on Temporary Layoff
TUR
(%) >70 - >60 -
>90 >80 -90 >50 - 60 ≤50
80 70
≤2 66 67 69 72 74 77
>2 to 3 64 65 67 70 72 75
>3 to 4 61 62 65 67 70 72
>4 to 5 59 60 62 65 67 70
>5 to 6 57 57 60 62 65 67
>6 to 7 54 55 58 60 63 65
>7 to 8 52 53 55 58 60 63
>8 to 9 50 50 53 55 58 60
>9 to 10 47 48 50 53 55 58
>10 to 11 45 46 48 51 53 56
6. Administering the Reemployment Core Measure. The administration of the
Facilitation of Reemployment core measure will reflect the following reporting
schedule for the ETA 9047 report, established in UIPL No. 1-06:
Quarter in Which FirstQuarter for Which Reemployment is Report Due to ETA by:
Payment is Issued: Determined through Wage Record
Crossmatch
1st quarter 2nd quarter November 30
(January to March) (April to June)
2nd quarter 3rd quarter February 28
(April to June) (July to September)
3rd quarter 4th quarter May 31
(July to September) (October to December)
4th quarter 1st quarter August 31
(October to December) (January to March)
Period of Performance. The State Quality Service Plan (SQSP) performance period
for this measure will be the preceding calendar year; the performance period for
the FY 2009 SQSP will be CY 2007. That is, whether a CAP is required as part of
the FY 2009 SQSP will be based on the number of claimants reemployed during
the 12 months ending December 31, 2007, who received first payments one quarter
earlier, during the 12-month period ending September 30, 2007. The table above
shows that the last quarterly report for the performance period is due to ETA by
May 31. As soon as all data have been reported, ETA will transmit the 12-month
performance period data to the state agencies for the SQSP process.
Performance Against ALP. During March of each year, the Office of Workforce
Security (OWS) will provide states through the Regional Offices, with their
expected ALPs for the SQSP performance period. The information will also
include (1) each state’s average TUR for the previous calendar year, and the
proportion of first payment recipients who were nonexempt from work search or
ES registration for the 12-month period ending June 30, and (2) state
reemployment rates for claimants receiving first payments during the 12-month
period ending June 30 who were reemployed during the 12-month period ending
September 30.
The advance indication ALPs provided in March are the closest approximation to
the Performance Year ALPs available before June. A state will not know its actual
ALP until it can combine its calendar year TUR with its percent of claimants
receiving first payments during the 12-month period ending September 30 who
were not exempt from work search. This information, along with the performance
year reemployment rates, is not available until after May 31.
The following table summarizes the reporting schedule.
Information Date Reported Period Covered by Last Report
Reported by ETA to State Information Reported in Period
Agencies Due to ETA
By:
Advance March 1st Payments: July to June February 28
Indication of Reemployment: October to
Reemployment September
Performance
Proportion of March 1st Payments: July to June February 28
Claimants
Nonexempt
State TUR March Previous Calendar Year N/A
Final June 1st Payments: October to May 31
Reemployment September
Rate for Reemployment: January to
Performance December
Period
Data for Performance Year 2008. The attachment provides the latest 2008
performance year information available (which in future years will be sent out in
March): state reemployment percentages for the October-September period;
percent nonexempt claimants for July-June; and TURs for the calendar year. In
June, ETA will provide states with their reemployment rates for the calendar year
and the percent nonexempt claimants for October-September, enabling states to
calculate their ALP for the performance period.
A state reporting a reemployment rate below its ALP during the performance period
will be expected to prepare a Corrective Action Plan for inclusion in its next fiscal
year SQSP.
OWS will continue to work with states to improve ETA 9047 reporting accuracy and
will re-estimate regression models as more data are gathered. OWS may revise the
matrix of ALPs for future years to reflect new or revised ETA 9047 data.
7. Action Required. State Administrators are requested to:
Provide the above information to appropriate staff; and
Ensure that the data provided on the ETA 9047 report are accurate, submitted
according to the above reporting schedule, and include out-of-state job matches
obtained through quarterly wage record matching.
9. Inquiries. All inquiries should be directed to the appropriate Regional Office.
10. Attachment. Advance Reemployment Rates, Percents of Nonexempt Claimants, and
TURs by State for the FY 2009 SQSP Performance Period.
Attachment: Advance Reemployment Rates Against ALPs (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2008/UIPL17-08a1.pdf)
Attachment
Advance Indication Reemployment Rates Against ALPs
for the FY 2009 SQSP Performance Period
CY 2007
State % Nonexempt2 Reported Reemployment3 ALP4 Reported Less ALP
TUR %)1
AK 6.2 62.5 63.3 60 3.3
AL 3.5 54.9 72.3 70 2.3
AR 5.4 87.4 70.2 57 13.2
AZ 3.8 75.8 64.1 65 -0.9
CA 5.4 79.8 60.0 60 0.0
CO 3.8 78.7 61.1 65 -3.9
CT 4.6 88.7 64.4 60 4.4
DC 5.7 93.7 57.2 57 0.2
DE 3.4 63.8 70.6 67 3.6
FL 4 91.2 57.2 61 -3.8
GA 4.4 65.4 67.0 65 2.0
HI 2.6 57.8 67.4 72 -4.6
IA 3.8 38.6 77.7 72 5.7
ID 2.7 48.6 87.5 75 23.0
IL 5 75.6 64.4 62 2.4
IN 4.5 54.5 69.6 67 2.6
KS 4.1 61.8 70.3 65 5.3
KY 5.5 46.2 76.8 67 9.8
LA 3.8 85.0 65.3 62 3.3
MA 4.5 90.9 58.8 59 -0.3
MD 3.6 85.0 62.8 62 0.8
ME 4.7 91.4 65.2 59 6.2
MI 7.2 48.8 67.8 63 4.8
MN 4.6 46.1 65.6 70 -4.4
MO 5 77.9 71.4 62 9.4
MS 6.3 83.2 65.9 55 10.9
MT 3.1 38.3 78.2 72 6.2
NC 4.7 66.2 59.1 65 -5.9
ND 3.2 26.1 82.3 72 10.3
NE 3 61.5 68.3 70 -1.7
NH 3.6 65.1 71.2 67 4.2
NJ 4.2 81.4 60.0 60 0.0
NM 3.5 88.9 51.2 62 -10.8
NV 4.8 68.3 64.5 65 -0.5
NY 4.5 79.4 60.3 62 -1.7
OH 5.6 85.5 65.6 57 8.6
OK 4.3 84.0 61.0 60 1.0
OR 5.2 68.3 70.1 62 8.1
PA 4.4 48.7 69.3 70 -0.7
PR 10.9 80.3 40.2 46 -5.9
RI 5 93.8 60.8 59 1.8
SC 5.9 76.1 65.6 60 5.6
Advance Indication Reemployment Rates Against ALPs
for the FY 2009 SQSP Performance Period
CY 2007
State % Nonexempt2 Reported Reemployment3 ALP4 Reported Less ALP
TUR %)1
SD 3 53.6 77.0 72 5.0
TN 4.7 55.3 62.7 67 -4.3
TX 4.3 89.7 64.5 60 4.5
UT 4.6 73.0 69.9 62 7.9
VA 2.7 79.5 68.3 67 1.3
VI 3 98.5 38.8 64 -25.2
VT 3.9 41.5 68.2 72 -3.8
WA 4.5 77.0 71.6 62 9.6
WI 4.9 29.9 82.0 70 12.0
WV 4.6 57.2 72.1 67 5.1
WY 3 67.2 75.5 70 5.5
1
These TURs will also be used to set ALPs for the 2008 performance period.
2
For first payments made July 2006 – June 2007.
3
% Reemployed in July 2006 – June 2007. The 2008 performance period will use % reemployed in
January 2007 – December 2007.
4
Based on TURs for CY 2007 and % nonexempt for July 2006 – June 2007. Final ALPs for the 2008
performance period will be based on TUR for CY 2007 and % nonexempt for October 2006–September 2007.
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