Rynek pracy · 14.07.1999

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 37-99, UI PERFORMS Performance Measures and Minimum Performance, Criteria for Tier I Measures

UI PERFORMS is the Department of Labor's management system for promoting continuous improvement in Unemployment Insurance (UI) operational performance. Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 41-95 (August 24, 1995) described in detail the features of the UI PERFORMS performance management system, including Tier I performance measures, for which uniform national criteria representing minimum levels of acceptable performance would be established, and Tier II measures, for which no uniform national criteria would be established. The proposed minimum performance criteria for UI PERFORMS Tier I measures were published in UIPL No. 4-99 (October 20, 1998) and the Federal Register (FR) at 63 FR 63544 (November 13, 1998). These issuances also proposed additional Tier II measures beyond those initially identified in UIPL No. 41-95 and invited the comments of State Employment Security Agency (SESA) Administrators and the public. This notice consists of the Department of Labor's responses to the comments that were submitted, and a UIPL which disseminates the minimum performance criteria for Tier I measures and their effective dates and describes the relationship of the Tier I and Tie