How 8850 Form Workforce 2016-2023

In this podcast, we'll introduce you to the Texas Workforce Commission and its scope of services. The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is a partner in the Texas workforce solution system, which encompasses TWC's partnership with the 28 local workforce development boards, board staff, and board service provider and/or contractor staff, as well as other partners including other state agencies. Together, we work to promote and support a workforce system that creates value and offers employers, individuals, and communities the opportunity to achieve and sustain economic prosperity. The Texas Workforce solution system includes 28 workforce development boards, which together make up Texas Workforce Solutions. Local workforce solutions offices number approximately 200, located throughout the state. Last year, Texas Workforce Solutions assisted job seekers in making nearly 1.1 million new employment connections and directly served nearly 90,000 employers. As the primary oversight agency for the Texas workforce solution system in the state, some of the responsibilities of the Texas Workforce Commission include oversight of statewide workforce development activities, assurance of compliance with statutes and regulations, evaluation of board oversight capacity and fiscal integrity, board ance measurement and target negotiation, review of board member nominees and their approval, technical assistance and policy guidance, training and development of federal and state funds and grant resources, coordination with state-level agencies and initiatives, research and evaluation, and administration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, taxes, and trust funds, enforcement of wage payment and child labor laws, certification of Workforce Solutions offices, automated management information system support via the workforce information system of Texas (or twist), contract execution management and monitoring, surveying and reporting of employment statistics, development of labor market and career information (or LMCI), and maintenance and enhancement of workintexas.com, TWC's online job matching system. TWC's online job matching system is responsible for overseeing workforce development programs and initiatives,...