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Information For Employers

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JobCenterOfWisconsin.com for employers (post jobs, search résumés) - Create, edit and delete job orders in the JobCenterOfWisconsin.com employment portal. Also, have your order automatically posted to JobCentral.

JobCentral - find workers locally, in Wisconsin and nationwide.

View Governor Doyle's Public Service Announcement on Wisconsin Employers hiring veterans, visit DWD's Veterans Services site.

Manufacturing Skill Standards Certification (MSSC) - The MSSC is an industry-led training, assessment and certification system focused on the core skills and knowledge needed by the nation's production workers.

Foreign Labor Certification - Foreign Labor Certification (FLC) is the process employers must use to document that their hiring needs cannot be met by U.S. workers.

Job Fairs - local Job Centers offer Job Fairs for employers and job seekers in their areas. Find one in your area.

Office of Economic Advisors - for labor market data, including projections, economic indicators, county profiles, workforce observations, and other state and regional employment information.

Wisconsin Job Center.org is a fast, easy, no-fee way to access job orders, resumes, and other information about employment and training. Employers can search a large pool of job applicants locally, around Wisconsin, and nationwide!

Wisconsin Job Center Directory is a list of all the local Wisconsin Job Centers, by county and by city.

What Employers Need to Know

Discrimination - learn about your responsibility for compliance with laws related to harassment and unfavorable treatment in employment, housing and public accommodations.

Dislocated Worker (Layoff Assistance) - information on programs to help workers and employers when staff reductions, business closings and mass layoffs occur.

Family and Medical Leave - understand your responsibilities to provide leave for employees for birth, adoption, serious illness or a family member or the employee's own serious illness.

Labor Standards - for child labor, minimum wage, overtime, notification of business closings and mass layoffs, unpaid wage claims, private employment agencies and work on state or municipal construction projects.

Prevailing Wage - what you need to know about the types of public works projects covered by state prevailing wage laws, how prevailing wage rates are set and information on rates recently set for projects.

Unemployment Insurance - what you need to know about Unemployment Insurance, laws, benefits, employer wage reporting, and Labor Law Clinics.

Vocational Rehabilitation - employment services for people with disabilities, opportunities and options.

Worker's Compensation - information on specific requirements for worker's compensation and how to obtain worker's compensation insurance or become self-insured.

Resources For Employers

Affirmative Action Tables - Labor force demographic information required by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance to complete affirmative action plans.

Employer Training summarizes the DWD resources for training on the laws governing employers

Employment Tax Credits Learn all you need to know about tax credit programs that can help reduce your Federal and State Tax Liability.

Fidelity Bonding Program - access free business insurance policies that protect the employer in case of any loss of money or property due to employee dishonesty. It is like a "guarantee" to the employer that the person hired will be an honest worker.

Forward Wisconsin is a unique public-private state marketing group that works to boost the state's image, to project the state's positive business climate and to attract industry to Wisconsin.

Friday Fundamentals Audio Conferences are held at ETN locations in every county in Wisconsin and cover many of the same topics as the Labor Law clinics in workshops no more than 2 hours long.

Labor and Industry Review Commission - is an independent administrative agency which decides appeals in cases involving Unemployment Insurance, Worker's Compensation, and Equal Rights.

Labor Law Clinics - are educational seminars, which are open to the public and feature DWD staff explaining many of the laws and rules the agency administers.

The Mobility Pages - the lack of affordable, reliable, and available transportation is one of the primary obstacles low income workers face. See how to bridge the gap.

UI Employer Online Services - Includes new employer registration, tax and wage reporting, and Unemployment Insurance account maintenance.

New Hire Reporting - submit your newly hired or rehired employee report online and if you're a new employer, answers to your questions.

Wisconsin Forward Award is a program established in 1998, patterned after the Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award, to annually recognize Wisconsin organizations for significant achievements in continuous improvement and performance management.

Workplace Posters - posters you may be required to display are online to view, print or order.

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