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Glossary - WIA and Unemployment

The glossary of terminology below, commonly used in conjunction with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), One-Stops, and Unemployment Compensation (UC) or Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs, was developed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA).

While originally developed for use with for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP), it is extremely useful for anyone who is not familiar with the specialized terms used in these programs.

With the large amount of terminology in the workforce development field, it can be challenging for staff working with LEP clients to be knowledgeable about all applicable policies and terms, and to be able to convey them properly to their customers. It can be even more challenging for newer bilingual staff, interpreters or translators, bilingual in another language, but not familiar with the intricacies of WIA policies. To meet this need, a glossary of relevant terms has been compiled to assist service providers to explain key terms to LEP individuals and as a resource for bilingual staff, interpreters and translators.

This version of WorkWORLD contains a copy of the English only, English to Spanish, and Spanish to English versions of the glossary in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). You can print nicely-formatted pages from these files using the print facilities built into Acrobat.

See the Additional Information Section below for details of how to get the glossary in many other languages.

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·                   See the English only glossary

·                   See the English-Spanish glossary

·                   See the Spanish-English glossary

Additional Information

The glossary has been translated into 17 languages, with each language having two versions. One version is alphabetized in order of the English terms, and the second version is alphabetized in order of the non-English terms (font permitting). All of these versions are available in both PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) as well as MS Word format files.

The glossary is available in the following languages:

·                   Arabic

·                   Cambodian (Khmer)

·                   Chinese

·                   Creole

·                   Farsi

·                   French

·                   Hindi

·                   Hmong

·                   Italian

·                   Korean

·                   Lao

·                   Polish

·                   Portuguese

·                   Russian

·                   Spanish

·                   Tagalog

·                   Vietnamese

·                   English Only

To download, view, or print any of these files, go online to:
http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/lep/glossary/

See also

One-Stop Centers - Overview

Unemployment Insurance - Overview

Source

http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/lep/glossary/eta_default.cfm

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