United States 1933

Synopsis

The Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 declared that its purpose was "To provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes established a nationwide system of public employment offices." The key function of the act was to provide (1) federal matching funds for the operation of state employment offices, (2) federal supervision of operations, (3) state administration of services, and (4) employment services to veterans. It was amended in 1998 as part of the Workforce Investment Act, P.L. 105-220, which required that public employment services be provided as a component of the "One-Stop" delivery system of the states. Its state-related funds were used to provide three different methods of labor exchange services to job seekers and employers: self-service, facilitated self-help service, and staff-assisted service.

Timeline

• 1918: Influenza, carried to the furthest corners by returning...