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Preventing & Managing Layoffs
Explore shared work and other layoff aversion strategies and discover what you can do if you must let workers go.
For Small Businesses
The For Small Business webpage helps provide Texas resources and services to help your small business compete in the global economy.
Start & Expand Your Business
Find information and assistance to start or expand your business in Texas.
Employer Services for Recruiting & Retaining Second Chance Individuals
Get Help Hiring Qualified Workers and Learn How to Leverage Hiring Incentives
Find resources for WIOA Rapid Response services and benefits for employers and their employees when facing a layoff.
Use our recruiting and hiring services to search for qualified workers. Take advantage of job matching, take part in incentive programs, learn about your local labor market, get help hiring and retaining employees with disabilities, and more.
The Shared Work program provides Texas employers with an alternative to layoffs. This program helps Texas employers and employees withstand a slowdown in business. Shared Work is voluntary.
Find information for employers to receive assistance with training employees, including information about skills standards and training and skills for small business.
Overview of the unemployment benefits law and process for employers
Find our unemployment benefits contact information for Employers.
Learn about Unemployment Benefits Earnings Verification and how to respond to a request.