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Employers who wish to hire foreign citizens to work for them in the United States are required to obtain an Alien Labor Certification from the Department of Labor. The Kentucky Department for Employment Services is responsible for processing the initial development of the documents required for these certifications and for determining that qualified US workers have been recruited for the position and that none are available. For questions and inquiries contact Jane Hosley at 502-564-7456. Additional information may be obtained at the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The Dislocated Worker Program helps dislocated workers find and qualify for new jobs. Workers who have lost their jobs and are unlikely to return to their previous industries or occupations are eligible for the program. This includes workers who lose their jobs because of plant closures or mass layoffs; long-term unemployed persons with limited job opportunities in their fields; and farmers, ranchers and other self-employed persons who become unemployed due to general economic conditions. Under certain circumstances, States may also authorize service for displaced homemakers. It is part of a comprehensive approach to aiding workers who have lost their jobs that also includes provisions of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act and the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. The programs are designed and operated at the local level, where the decisions about who can be served and which services will be offered are made based on local labor market needs and opportunities, and available resources. In Northern Kentucky you may contact the Department for Employment Services' Dislocated Worker Unit in the Covington One Stop Center at 859-292-6666. Enterprise Zone Program
The
Enterprise
Zone Program
provides a substantial tax credit to businesses that
locate or expand their operations in areas designated as state
Enterprise Zones. To receive the tax credits, the employer must hire a
percentage of new employees from certain groups of job seekers. DES
helps such employers meet their obligations to hire from these targeted
groups by referring eligible job seekers to the employer for job
openings listed with DES. Additionally DES is responsible for
conducting employer orientations as well as certifying employees
eligibility. The Federal Bonding Program provides fidelity bonding insurance coverage to ex-offenders and other high-risk job applicants who are qualified, but fail to get jobs because regular commercial bonding is denied due to their backgrounds. "…this innovative activity delivers a unique helping service that is not duplicated by any other program in the U.S. to secure the job placement of ex-offenders and other high-risk job applicants…..by providing employers with a special incentive to hire the hardest-to-place jobseekers." "It has a proven track record…" U.S. Department of Labor, Training and Employment Information Notice No. 5-98, August 3, 1998. In Kentucky contact Elizabeth Cawood, Cabinet for Families and Children, at 502-564-7536 or Susan Roberts, Employment Solutions Personnel, at 859-971-1306. These two agencies have been awarded the Federal Bonds Program for Kentucky. Additional information: Federal Bonding Program All employers who have contracts (or subcontracts) with the Federal Government of $25,000 or more are required by federal law to list their job openings with the state employment agency in the state where the job openings exist. These employers are required to use affirmative action in hiring certain veterans to fill those job openings and must file an annual report with Veterans Employment and Training Services (VETS) showing the number of Vietnam-era and special disabled veterans on their work force. If you are an employer with a federal contract, the Kentucky Department for Employment Services (DES) will assist you with meeting your recruitment requirements of the Federal Contractor Job Listing. Because DES is responsible for administering the Veteran’s Employment and Training Program, veterans automatically receive priority in referral on all job openings. As an employer you will greatly benefit from hiring hard working, disciplined, job-ready veterans who bring valuable skills and experience in the latest technology to industries and businesses like yours each day. You may list your openings
on-line
or call the Job Bank at 859-371-0808 to post job openings for
Boone, Kenton and the surrounding
counties. Working in
cooperation with Department for Community Based
Services' case
managers, DES staff in the Kentucky
Works Program assist welfare applicants and recipients to
obtain employment which leads to self-sufficiency. Incorporating a
"work first" philosophy, applicants for welfare must
register for employment with DES and attempt to obtain suitable
employment before they are deemed eligible to receive benefits. DES
staff conduct an assessment of each program participant's
employability and based upon that assessment provide customized
services including intensive job search assistance, job seeking
skills workshops, referral to non-paid work experience, and
placement in on-the-job training. Employers who hire employees
from this program are eligible to receive certain types of tax
credits.
For more information about the KYWorks Program in
Northern Kentucky contact Donna
Hays at 859-371-0808 ext 206. Migrant Seasonal Farmworker Program The Migrant Seasonal Farmworker Program has two components. They are the Agricultural Recruitment Program (domestic workers) and the H2A Program (nonimmigrant alien workers). The Department for Employment Services has responsibility for these two programs in Kentucky.
If the loss of your job was due primarily to increased imports you may be eligible for benefits or training under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act or the North American Free Trade Agreement. In times of very high unemployment rates, when the national unemployment reaches 10% or above, extended benefits may also be available to individuals who use up all of their regular unemployment insurance benefits without locating a job. In Northern Kentucky contact Dede Dollar, for other areas of Kentucky you may contact Kathy Gullett or Melissa Wiley TAA, NAFTA/TAA Coordinator, Department for Employment Services at the following address. Department for Employment Services. If you are a dislocated worker you will find useful information at the following web sites: Workers: http://www.doleta.gov/layoff/workers01.aspEmployers: http://www.doleta.gov/layoff/employers01.asp Tax Credits can save employers thousands of dollars! The Department for Employment Services (DES) has primary responsibility for administering the WOTC and WtW Tax Credit programs. There are also a number of other tax credits for which your company may qualify. Want to save time and money? The Wage Subsidy Program administered by the Department for Employment Services can do both! If you would like more information about this program please email Donna Hays or call her at 859-371-0808, ext. 206. $
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