| Abstract: | The State Employment Security Agency is examined in relation to local economic adjustment. An effort is made to set forth the sort of activities that take place at the local level when economic adjustment becomes necessary; suggest those things the Employment Service (ES) might do to support such activities; identify the constraints under which the ES labors in this regard; and suggest the changes that might be required if the ES is to be seen and used as a labor market adjustment tool. A substantial redesign of the ES is proposed, including a redefinition of role, reexamination of its financing structure, reassessment of the specific functions it might take up and the way those services might be packaged, and a look taken at the issue of competition between ES and private employment agencies. |
