Unemployment Insurance: Progress, Prospect, Priorities
We are living through the most severe recession since the Great Depression, which creates a historic challenge for today’s policy makers and advocates to ensure that the unemployment insurance program lives up to its promise of stabilizing families and the economy.
• The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the inspiring reforms that followed, went a long way to move the program into the 21st century. However, the continuing crisis of unemployment has also exposed serious flaws in the unemployment insurance system (including a solvency and state infrastructure crises that were long in the making) which pose major structural challenges to rebuilding a thriving unemployment insurance and reemployment program. This event will help chart an agenda for immediate and long-term reform of the program
Conference Agenda
To view the preliminary agenda click here.
• Starts Monday, December 7th at 1 p.m.
• Ends Tuesday, December 8th at 4:30 p.m.
Featured speakers, including Jared Bernstein (Executive Director of Vice President’s Middle Class Task Force), Assistant Secretary of Labor Jane Oates, and Commissioner of Labor from the states of Maine and New Jersey, will take part in this national gathering which includes dinner Monday night. Monday’s session will feature sessions especially valuable to state advocates working on issues related to Recovery Act modernization reforms and trust fund solvency, so please keep that in mind when making travel arrangements.
Registration:
There’s no registration fee, and a limited number of travel subsidies (of up to $400 per organization, plus hotel stay) are available upon request. Hotel reservations must be made by November 13, 2009 to receive the preferred rate. Please click here to register today.
Hotel Information:
Four Points Sheraton, 1201 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
For reservations call 888-627-8681 (mention National Employment Law Project)
Or click here.
More Information:
For logistical questons contact Marva Lewis at the Event Professionals at nelpconference@theeventpros.net, or 770-760-9998. For program questions contact, Andrew Stettner at astettner@nelp.org
