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DEED outlines paid‑leave rollout, workforce grants and UI trends; committee presses for fraud and trust‑fund details
Summary
Deputy commissioners and DEED leaders updated the committee on paid family and medical leave rollout, workforce grant competitions and unemployment‑insurance trends; senators pressed DEED on fraud prevention and a recent decline in the UI trust fund balance.
Deputy commissioners and DEED leaders briefed the Senate Jobs and Economic Development Committee on Jan. 29 about the department’s work rolling out paid family and medical leave, workforce grants and unemployment‑insurance (UI) program trends.
Deputy Commissioner Evan Rowe said the paid‑leave program passed by the 2023 Legislature is proceeding through rulemaking and technical development. He said DEED has contracted a vendor (Nava PBC, named in testimony) to build the benefit‑payment and integrity systems and that wage‑detail reporting was launched in October to simplify employer registration for many employers by leveraging existing unemployment‑insurance wage reports. He said DEED will phase in hiring and customer‑service capacity through 2025 ahead of the program’s effective date.
Rowe and other DEED deputies…
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