ETA Highlights
July 30, 2010
Recovery
Information and reports
Unemployment Insurance
Unemployment claims need to be filed with your state agency.
The U.S. Department of Labor does not process individual claims.
The U.S. Department of Labor does not process individual claims.
Grants
Regions and States
ETA Program and News Updates
- News Releases
- Deepwater Horizon - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response
- Community-Based Job Training Grant (Round 5) Fact Sheets (SGA/DFA PY 09-07)
- 2010 Lower Living Standard Income Level Guidelines
- On-the-Job Training National Emergency Grants
- PY 2010 State Allotments for WIA and Wagner-Peyser
- 2011 Budget for the Department of Labor
- The President's Budget Fact Sheet for DOL
- 2009 WIA State Plans Posted
- Mentoring, Educational, and Employment Strategies to Improve Academic, Social, and Career Pathway Outcomes grantee fact sheets
- State Labor Market Information Improvement grant fact sheets
(SGA/DFA PY 08-17) - Healthcare and High Growth grant fact sheets
- State Energy Sector Partnership grant fact sheets (SGA/DFA PY-08-20)
- Pathways Out of Poverty grant fact sheets (SGA/DFA PY 08-19)
- Energy Training Partnership grant fact sheets (SGA/DFA PY 08-18)
- Green Capacity Building grant fact sheets (SGA/DFA PY 08-21)
- Latest Unemployment Insurance Data
Find A Job
- Find Jobs, Training Opportunities, and Career Information
- Jobseekers
Programs, resources and online tools help workers in all stages of the job and career development - Worker Reemployment Portal
Employment, training, and financial help during job transition - Youth
A variety of career resources available specifically for youth - Jobs for Veterans Act
ETA Library / Policy / Budget / Research
- Search Agency Policy and Guidance
- TEGL–Training & Employment Guidance Letter
- TEN–Training & Employment Notice
- UIPL–Unemployment Insurance Program Letter and other ETA advisories
- Legislative Information
- Budget Information
- Research Publications
ETA Programs & Offices
Foreign Labor Certification (FLC)
Latest Labor Market Data
| Consumer Price Index: | -0.1% in June 2010 |
| Unemployment Rate: | 9.5% in June 2010 |
| Payroll Employment: | -125,000(p) in June 2010 |
| Average Hourly Earnings: | +$0.02(p) in June 2010 |
| Producer Price Index: | -0.5%(p) in June 2010 |
| Employment Cost Index: | +0.6% in 1st Qtr of 2010 |
| Productivity: | +2.8% in 1st Qtr of 2010 |
| U.S. Import Price Index: | -1.3% in June 2010 |
| Other DOL Statistics: | |
| Unemployment Initial Claims: | 457,000 in the week ending July 24, 2010 |
| UI Claims 4-Week Average: | 452,500 in the week ending July 24, 2010 |
| Federal Minimum Wage: | $7.25 in Current |
| p - preliminary; c - corrected | |
