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<h3 class="white" > *** Stimulus 2009 *** </h3>
<span class="bold whitefont" > American Recovery and Reinvestment Act </span>
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<li class="white" >
<a class="menufont" href="/vecportal/alert_main.cfm?outsideurl=www.stimulus.virginia.gov/" > Track Virginia's use of Stimulus Funds </a>
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<a class="menufont" linkindex="19" href="/pdf/eo85.pdf" > Governor Kaine's Executive Order 85 - posting ARRA jobs to the Virginia Workforce Connection </a>
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<span class="bold" > *** Report ***
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Unemployment Insurance Fraud </span>
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You can anonymously report UI Fraud to the VEC by calling
<br>
1-800-782-4001 </div>
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<h4> Office Closing:
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President's Day </h4>
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<div class="normalFont" > Close: 2/15/2010
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Re-open:2/16/2010 </div>
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<span class="normalFont" > All State Government Offices will be closed Monday February 15, 2010 in observance of President's Day, and will reopen Tuesday February 16, 2010. </span>
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<h3> Welcome to the VEC's Employer Services Website! </h3>
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<p class="h5text text bold" >   How may we help you? </p>
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<span class="bold" > Post a Job or Find a Candidate on the Virginia Workforce Connection </span>
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<a target="_blank" href="http://www.vawc.virginia.gov/altentry.asp?action=LOGIN" > Click here for the Virginia Workforce Connection </a>
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<span class="h5text" > Tax Filing / Registration / Mass Claims </span>
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<h4>  Employer Tax Filing/Registration: </h4>
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<li class="tabboxfont" > Register a new business </li>
<li class="tabboxfont" > File and pay Retail Sales, Use, or Employer withholding taxes with the Virginia Department of Taxation; </li>
<li class="tabboxfont" > File and pay Unemployment Taxes with the Virginia Employment Commission. </li>
<li class="tabboxfont" > NOTE: Due to the recession depleted trust fund, changes to tax rates, mandated by the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act, have been made.
<a target="_blank" href="/vecportal/employer/pdf/2010employertaxrateletter.pdf" > Please click here for more details </a>
</li>
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<h4> Mass Claims Filing: </h4>
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This process is for EMPLOYER USE ONLY </span>
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<a class="tabboxfont" href="/vecportal/unins/empfile.cfm" > Click Here for Mass Claims Filing </a>
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<span class="h5text" > Work Opportunity Tax Credit </span>
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<p> The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a federal tax credit available to all private sector businesses. It was designed as an incentive to employers to hire individuals in certain targeted groups who consistently experience high rates of unemployment due to a variety of employment barriers. </p>
<p>
<a href="/vecportal/employer/pdf/aboutwotc1009.pdf" > Click here for detailed information about the WOTC program. </a>
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<span class="h5text" > Trade Act </span>
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<h4> Trade Adjustment Assistance: </h4>
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<span class="black text" > The TAA program is a federal program established under the Trade Act of 1974. The TAA Program provides aid to workers who lose their jobs or whose hours of work and wages are reduced as a result of increased imports. </span>
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<span class="black text" > The goal is to help such laid-off workers return to suitable employment as quickly as possible. TAA offers a variety of benefits and reemployment services to assist unemployed workers prepare for and obtain suitable employment. Workers may be eligible for training, job search and relocation allowances, income support and other reemployment services. </span>
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<div>
<a href="/vecportal/employer/tradeact.cfm" > Click Here for more Information </a>
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<span class="h5text" > Unemployment Insurance Info </span>
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<span class="bold" > Unemployment Insurance information: </span>
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a title="this opens a new browser window" target="_blank" linkindex="40" href="http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+TOC6002000" > Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act </a>
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<li>
<a linkindex="41" href="/pdf/majchgs.pdf" > Major Legislative Changes </a>
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</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a linkindex="41" href="/vecportal/unins/precedent/index.cfm" > Precedent Decision Manual </a>
- Contains over 500 VEC and court cases that interpret the provisions of the VAUnemployment Compensation Act.  This is a useful research tool especially for claimants, employers, attorneys and accountants.
<ul>
<li>
<a linkindex="42" href="/vecportal/unins/decisions/index.cfm" > Guidance Documents - Case Decisions </a>
- In addition to the Precedent Decision Manual, the VEC has identified a number of case decisions that are frequently cited in its opinions,  These case decisions have been designated as guidance documents, and are a useful supplement to the Precedent Decision Manual. </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a linkindex="43" href="/vecportal/unins/pdfs/vca/vca.pdf" > Unpublished Court of Appeals Opinions </a>
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</li>
<li>
<a linkindex="43" href="/vecportal/alert_main.cfm?outsideurl=www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/410606_VAUnemploymentComp.pdf" > An Analysis of the VA Unemployment Compensation System </a>
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</ul>
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<span class="h5text" > Migrant Seasonal Farmworker Board </span>
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<h4> Migrant Seasonal Farmworker Board: </h4>
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<span class="tabboxfont" > Virginia has both a Governor's Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Advisory Board and an Interagency Migrant Worker Policy Committee, and VEC provides staff support to both, with the Commissioner serving as Committee Chair. In concert with the Board, the Committee reviews, coordinates, evaluates and addresses issues regarding the approximately 18,000 migrant and seasonal farmworkers who help tend Virginia's crops each year. </span>
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<p class="h5text" >
<a class="tabboxfont" href="/vecportal/migrant" > Click Here for more information </a>
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<span class="h5text" > Rural Services </span>
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<h4> Rural Services: </h4>
<p class="h5text" >
<span class="tabboxfont" > Rural Services assists agricultural employers through the National Agricultural Recruitment System and registers farm labor contractors (crew leaders) and their employees, as required by the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.
<br>
<br>
For information and assistance in this area, please contact your nearest VEC Workforce Center or contact the VEC State Rural Services Unit at (804) 786-8714 or by FAX at (804) 786-6091. </span>
</p>
<div>
<a class="tabboxfont" href="/vecportal/employer/ruralservices.cfm" > Click Here for more information </a>
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<h5> Press Releases: </h5>
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<span class="small black" > 02/05/2010 - </span>
<a href="/pdf/press/02052010.pdf" class="black bold nochange" > Dolores Esser, VEC Commissioner Report to Senate Finance Subcommittee on Economi </a>
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<p> Employers requesting labor certification for the temporary or permanent employment of foreign workers are required to offer prevailing wages and working conditions for that particular occupation and to demonstrate that no similarly employed U.S. worker will be adversely affected. </p>
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<p> Information regarding local and statewide employer committees that provide valuable advice and assistance to VEC Workforce Centers in improving services to employers and businesses. </p>
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<a href="/vecportal/seeker/jobfair.cfm/cmd/1040" > Public Job Fair - 02/12/10 </a>
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<a href="/vecportal/seeker/jobfair.cfm/cmd/1037" > Public Job Fair - 02/17/10 </a>
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<a href="/vecportal/seeker/jobfair.cfm/cmd/1044" > Public Job Fair - 02/18/10 </a>
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<a href="/vecportal/veteran/pdf/springjobfairdav.pdf" title="Employers! Sign up to take part in a job fair for veterans in Williamsburg" > Employers! Sign up to take part in a job fair for veterans in Williamsburg </a>
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<p> Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN Act) and Rapid Response Services: Effective July 1, 2007, the Governor's Office for Workforce Development assumed responsibility for the State Dislocated Worker Unit. All WARN Notices and requests for Rapid Response Assistance should be directed to Willie Blanton at (804) 225-3050, by FAX at (804) 786-8430, or by e-mail at
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