Agency Links
- Department of Labor (DOL) Coronavirus Resources
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 Homepage
- OSHA Poster on Workplaces and Coronavirus Exposure
- Wage and Hour Division (WHD) COVID-19 Homepage
- Employment and Training Administration (ETA) COVID-19 Page for State Unemployment Insurance Agencies
FFIS Publications
August 24, 2020 - FEMA, DOL Address Lost Wage Assistance
July 9, 2020 - Programs Supporting Older Americans Reauthorized, Receive Pandemic Funding
May 29, 2020 - DOL Offers Short-Time Compensation Funding
Agency News and Guidance
January 15, 2021 - DOL Reminds States of Required Report on Unemployment Compensation (UC) Recipiency Rate
The report is required of recipients of emergency administrative grant funding from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and is due to the relevant congressional committees by March 18, 2021.
January 15, 2021 - DOL Posts Letter Regarding Additional Funding for PUA and PEUC Fraud Prevention and Detection
The funding is for fraud reduction in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) programs.
January 14, 2021 - ETA Updates Checklists of Active and Rescinded Advisories/Guidance
January 7, 2021 - DOL Announces Short-Time Compensation Grants to Washington State and the District of Columbia
The grants—funded in the CARES Act— will be used for outreach to employers about STC as well as process automation.
January 5, 2021 - DOL Releases Guidance on COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance (UI) Programs
- Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC)
- PUA
December 31, 2020 - DOL Posts Guidance on Unemployment Insurance Provisions in Year-End COVID-19 Relief Legislation
December 31, 2020 - DOL Publishes Guidance on Expiration of Paid Sick Leave, Expanded Family and Medical Leave for COVID-19
December 29, 2020 - Department of Labor Says No Lapse in PUA, PEUC Payments
Because the recent extension of the programs was enacted after the programs had technically begun to lapse, it had been anticipated that some recipients of PUA and PEUC could miss a week or more of benefits.
November 16, 2020 - DOL Issues Letter Clarifying Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) Question and Linking to LWA Guidance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
November 12, 2020 - DOL Requests State Action on Health and Safety for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, Agricultural Employers During Pandemic
October 27, 2020 - DOL Provides CARES Act Unemployment Program Flow Chart
The chart Illustrates how people progress through the various unemployment programs established by the CARES Act.
October 21, 2020 - DOL Office of Inspector General Posts Audit Report on Fraud and the Self-Certification Requirement for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
September 11, 2020 - DOL Publishes Revisions to Rule Implementing Families First Act Paid Leave
The revisions are in response to an August 3 court decision finding certain portions of the original rule invalid.
August 31, 2020 - DOL Issues Guidance on Funding Available to Address Fraud in the PUA and PEUC Programs
August 27, 2020 - DOL Issues Guidance in Context of Schools Reopening
August 24, 2020 - DOL Announces Audit of COVID-19 Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs)
The audit will focus on whether ETA administered the COVID–19 DWG program in accordance with federal regulations and guidance.
August 12, 2020 - DOL Releases Guidance for Lost Wages Assistance (Unemployment Compensation) Program
July 30, 2020 - DOL Makes Available Implementation Checklist for CARES Act Unemployment Insurance Programs
July 21, 2020 – DOL Posts Additional Questions and Answers Regarding the PUA Program
July 20, 2020 - DOL Publishes Additional Guidance on Wage and Hour Rules, Family and Medical Leave Amid Reopening
June 26, 2020 -DOL Issues Guidance on Child Labor and Paid Sick, Family, and Medical Leave Issues Related to School and Camp Closures
June 23, 2020 - DOL OIG Reports Concerns Regarding Implementation of CARES Act Dislocated Worker Provisions
June 18, 2020 - DOL Issues Employer Guidance on Reopening Safely
June 15, 2020 - DOL Issues Additional Guidance on Unemployment Insurance Fraud Prevention
The guidance focuses on pandemic-related changes in the Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Program.
June 15, 2020 - DOL Updates Guidance for Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Data Collection and Reporting
May 28, 2020 - DOL Posts Guidance on Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) Provisions in CARES Act, Program Year (PY) 2020 Allotments, Application Instructions
May 26, 2020 - DOL Office of Inspector General Raises Concern about PUA Program
May 19, 2020 - DOL Updates Resources for Prevention of Unemployment Insurance Fraud
May 17, 2020 - DOL Offers Help to States with Unemployment Insurance IT Problems
May 15, 2020 – ETA Posts Guidance Regarding UC Flexibilities Related to COVID-19 and the “Between and Within Terms” Denial Provisions
May 14, 2020 - ETA Releases Guidance on Temporary Changes to Extended Benefits Program from the Families First and CARES Acts
May 13, 2020 - ETA Posts Q&A, Revised Reporting Instructions for CARES Act PEUC Program
May 11, 2020 - DOL Issues New Guidance on Program Integrity for Regular and CARES Act Unemployment Insurance Programs
May 10, 2020 - DOL Announces Availability of CARES Act Short-Time Compensation Grants, Posts Guidance on Application Process and State-by-State Allocations
May 9, 2020 - DOL Updates Guidance on CARES Act FPUC
May 8, 2020 - DOL Posts Answers to 93 FAQs on Paid Family, Medical, and Sick Leave Provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
May 5, 2020 - DOL Allows DWG Use for Contact Tracing
May 4, 2020 - DOL Posts Additional Guidance on Unemployment Insurance Provisions of CARES Act and Families First Coronavirus Response Act
May 3, 2020 - DOL Posts Guidance for CARES Act Short-Time Compensation Provisions
April 30, 2020 - DOL Posts Instructions for Full Federal Funding of First Week of Unemployment Compensation under CARES Act
April 28, 2020 - DOL, Internal Revenue Service Issue COVID-19 Relief and Guidance for Employee Benefit Plans
April 27, 2020 - DOL Releases Additional Guidance for PUA Program
April 27, 2020 - DOL Releases Guidance on CARES Act Unemployment Relief for States, Locals, Tribes, and Certain Nonprofits (“Reimbursing Employers”)
April 16, 2020 - OSHA Will Consider Employers’ Good-Faith Efforts During Pandemic
April 10, 2020 - DOL Publishes Guidance on Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program
April 10, 2020 - DOL Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Recordkeeping
April 10, 2020 - DOL Corrects Regulatory Text Implementing Families First Coronavirus Response Act Emergency Leave
April 9, 2020 - Office of Foreign Labor Certification Releases H-1B and H-2A FAQs Related to COVID-19
April 8, 2020 - DOL Warns Employers About Retaliation Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions
April 6, 2020 - DOL Posts Temporary COVID-19 Paid Leave Rules
April 5, 2020 - DOL Publishes Guidance on PUA (COVID-19-Related Unemployment)
April 4, 2020 - DOL Publishes Guidance on FPUC ($600 Plus-Up of Regular Benefits)
April 3, 2020 - OSHA Issues Guidance on Respiratory Protection During Pandemic-Related Shortages
April 2, 2020 - DOL Publishes Guidance on CARES Act Unemployment Insurance Summary, Emergency Staffing Flexibility
March 26, 2020 - Rehabilitation Services Administration Posts Q&A on Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Performance Accountability in the COVID-19 Environment
March 22, 2020 DOL Posts Instructions for State Implementation of Emergency Unemployment Insurance
March 12, 2020 - ETA Posts COVID-19 Guidance for Unemployment Compensation
March 9, 2020 - OSHA Publishes Guidance on Preparing Workers for COVID-19
Updated January 26, 2021