Effectiveness in Serving Employers

Effectiveness in Serving Employers is the percentage of participants in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit who were employed by the same employer in the second and the fourth quarters after exit.

Methodology:
The number of participants who exit during the reporting period and are found to be employed by the same employer during the second quarter after exit and the fourth quarter after exit, either through direct UI wage record match, Federal or military employment records, or supplemental wage information DIVIDED by the number of participants who exited during the reporting period and were employed during the second quarter after exit.

For this measure, States must report on data element 1618 (Retention with the Same Employer in the 2nd Quarter and the 4th Quarter) in the WIOA Joint PIRL. This data element is calculated based on a direct UI wage record match, Federal or military employment records, or supplemental wage information for participants in their fourth quarter after exit. To count as a successful outcome on this indicator, the participant’s employer must have the same identifier (such as an employer Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) or State tax ID) in both the second and fourth quarters after exit. This creates the numerator for this indicator. The denominator for this indicator is the number of participants who exited during the reporting period and who were employed in the second quarter after exit.

Operational Parameters:
When calculating levels of performance for this indicator, States must include all participants exiting the title I Adult, title I Dislocated Worker, title I Youth, title II AEFLA, title III Employment Service, and title IV VR programs who were employed in unsubsidized employment in the second quarter after exit; however, States must not include (in either the numerator or denominator) those participants who exit during the reporting period for any of the reasons listed in Attachment II, Table A or Attachment II, Table C (PIRL 923) regarding exclusions.

Reporting as a Shared Indicator:
Unlike the other primary indicators of performance, which are reported separately for each core program, the effectiveness in serving employers indicator is reported as a shared indicator – one value that combines the results for all the core programs in the State. Each State must designate a single agency to submit the State’s unduplicated, aggregated annual results for all six core programs in the State in the ETA-9169 for Effectiveness in Serving Employers to DOL. While States have flexibility in determining each State agency’s data collection responsibilities, the Departments encourage each State, to the extent feasible, to centralize the coordination of data collection and reporting of this indicator into a single agency for their State. Since the measure is largely dependent on UI wage data, the Departments recommend that States designate the State title I or title III agency for this responsibility as they are likely best positioned to report this measure for the State.