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DOL proposed eliminating merit-staffing requirements for Employment Service in July 2025

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DOL published a proposal to eliminate merit staffing requirements as part of its deregulation effort.

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The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule extending by one year the compliance deadline for states to meet merit staffing requirements under the Wagner-Peyser Act for Employment Service Job Centers. The new deadline is Jan. 21, 2027, and the extension gives the department time to complete ongoing rulemaking, including a July 2025 proposal to eliminate merit staffing requirements. The change affects how states staff Employment Services delivered through American Job Centers.
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The claim is accurate. On July 1, 2025 the U.S. Department of Labor published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled "Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service Staffing" proposing to remove the requirement that states use State merit staff to provide Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (ES) services; the agency described this action as a deregulatory effort to allow staffing flexibility. Verdict: True — primary evidence is the July 1, 2025 Federal Register NPRM and the Department of Labor statement confirming the proposal.

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  1. Update · Jan 21, 2026, 03:12 AMTrue
    The claim is accurate. On July 1, 2025 the U.S. Department of Labor published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled "Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service Staffing" proposing to remove the requirement that states use State merit staff to provide Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (ES) services; the agency described this action as a deregulatory effort to allow staffing flexibility. Verdict: True — primary evidence is the July 1, 2025 Federal Register NPRM and the Department of Labor statement confirming the proposal.
  2. Original article · Jan 20, 2026
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