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Employment Service — Program Overview
The Employment Service (ES) program provides comprehensive recruiting, job search, and related services to businesses and job seekers to connect employers seeking workers and individuals seeking employment. ES coordinates job openings between states and administers the unemployment insurance (UI) work test to verify that individuals receiving UI benefits are registered for work and are actively seeking employment.
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Customers
ES provides a variety of employment-related services for employers, job seekers and unemployment benefits claimants, including:
- Recruitment services for employers with job openings
- Job search assistance, job referral, and placement assistance for job seekers
- Reemployment services for UI claimants
TWC’s online job matching system, WorkInTexas.com, helps employers and job seekers connect electronically. Employers and job seekers can register for work online, browse for jobs or job seekers, and request matches against job postings and job seeker registrations.
Employers can find ES information and more at Recruiting & Hiring Resources. Job seekers can find ES information at Job Search.
Authority & Funding
Local Workforce Development Boards and their Workforce Solutions offices have full responsibility for day-to-day guidance of state ES staff. TWC still maintains administrative responsibility, but Workforce Solutions office managers share responsibility for directing daily work assignments, assigning individual performance goals, coordinating hiring, initiating disciplinary action, and evaluating staff performance.
ES is funded by UI taxes assessed on employers through the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (26 U.S.C., Chapter 23).
The Employment Service program is governed by state and federal laws and regulations, including the following:
- Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933
- 20 C.F.R., Chapter V, Parts 651-658
- Social Security Act, Title IX - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Employment Security
- Texas Administrative Code, Title 40, Part 20, §800.57 - Employment Services
- Code of Federal Regulations: Part 500 - Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection
- Code of Federal Regulations: Part 633 - Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Programs
Tips & Guides
The Employment Service Guide provides information about ES policies and procedures, and highlights how ES supports the primary mission of TWC and Local Workforce Development Boards.
