Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Focuses On Worker Training Programs

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On April 16, the Department of Labor and Department of Education issued five separate proposed regulations, encompassing more than 2,500 pages, for the purpose of implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). This law was enacted by Congress in 2014 and is designed to make worker training programs more effective and efficient. NRCA supported WIOA because it is designed to provide employers with more opportunities to use worker training programs and funding to meet their challenging workforce development needs. NRCA now is working with other construction organizations to analyze the proposed regulations and will be drafting comments aimed at ensuring the regulations provide for increased employer engagement in the workforce development system in an efficient and streamlined manner. NRCA and other coalition members sent a letter to the agencies requesting a 60-day extension to the existing 60-day comment period to provide sufficient time to analyze and develop comments. The goals of the coalition's comments will be to ensure the final regulations maximize the effectiveness of employer-related components of WIOA, the first major reform of federal worker training programs in nearly 20 years.

From NRLRC
http://www.nrlrc.net/content/news/details.aspx?id=237

Trenton H. Cotney
Florida Bar Certified Construction Lawyer
Trent Cotney, P.A.
407 N. Howard Avenue
Suite 100
Tampa, FL 33606
www.trentcotney.com

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