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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232"><br>
Friday, June 4, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">CONTACT: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232"><a href="mailto:lewisc16@michigan.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1F89C1">Camara
Lewis</span></a><a href="mailto:olsend1@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#1F89C1"><br>
</span></a>517-930-4928<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">‘Back to Work’ resources help Michigan businesses find talent to fill available jobs</span></strong><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">Michigan.gov/BackToWork is the premier source for talent, workforce services</span></b></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">LANSING, Mich.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">—As the economy continues to reopen, the Michigan Dept. of Labor and
Economic Opportunity (LEO) launched a new ‘Back to Work’ effort to highlight programs and services that help businesses and their current workforce needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">The new online resource –
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<span style="color:#1F89C1">Michigan.gov/BackToWork</span></a> – centralizes programs and services aimed at helping employers fill job openings, provide safe, healthy work environments for workers and address other business-related needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">“As Michigan's economic outlook continues to improve, and we get back to a new normal, our administration is turning our attention to uplifting Michiganders and supporting businesses
in getting back to work,” said <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Governor Gretchen Whitmer</span></strong>. “We’re looking to the future. By providing tangible resources for businesses who need our immediate assistance after a challenging
year, we ensure we build back even stronger.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">The ‘Back to Work’ effort comes at a time when the state is faced with five predominant workforce challenges:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Labor supply is relatively weak.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323232;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lack of significant wage growth.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323232;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fear of COVID-19 – employees will not go back into workplace if they do not feel safe.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323232;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lack of child care.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">To address the immediate needs of job providers and the workforce, employers can take advantage of free resources like the online portal to connect them with job seekers;
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<span style="color:#1F89C1">Pure Michigan Talent Connect</span></a> and LEO-organized virtual job fairs that can be regional, industry or occupational-focused, matching job seekers to employers in a remote space. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">LEO continues to offer assistance through the
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<span style="color:#1F89C1">MIOSHA Ambassador program</span></a> by providing free education to help employers create safe workplaces without the risk of any potential penalty or citation. Over 4,000 businesses have participated since September 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">In addition, unemployment insurance (UI) benefits provided a wealth of economic relief to Michigan. Throughout the pandemic, most Michigan claimants went back to work well before they
exhausted their benefits – an average of 14 weeks versus the full 20 weeks. Not only are UI benefits not a major workforce barrier, but the program resulted in $64.7B in statewide earnings, which helped contribute to the economic recovery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">UI benefit programs like
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<span style="color:#1F89C1">Work Share</span></a> allow employers to bring back or keep employees working with reduced hours. During the pandemic, Michigan had the No. 1 Work Share program in the country, preserving nearly 100,000 jobs and saving the State
Trust Fund more than $90 million. The agency is currently working with state lawmakers to expand program flexibility to allow more employers to participate and more workers to be covered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">“Throughout this pandemic we have prioritized businesses talent needs, and we continue to be committed to ensuring every Michigander has an equal and accessible opportunity to postsecondary
education that leads to a good-paying, in-demand career,” said LEO Acting Director <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Susan Corbin</span></strong>. “By providing employers with services to find and develop skilled talent, we create lasting
change for every Michigander seeking a better life.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">The pandemic has created a growing child care crisis that threatens the state’s economic recovery. Many child care centers are still closed or reopening at a reduced capacity because
of staff shortages and to allow for greater social distancing. Heading into the summer, many parents are concerned about child care availability. The state plans to use federal dollars to expand its pilot
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<span style="color:#1F89C1">Childcare Tri-Share Program</span></a> that provides more affordable child care through an innovative, bipartisan cost-sharing program that divides cost equally between employees, employer and state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">In addition to tools to address your immediate workforce needs, employers looking to fill jobs and retain talent are encouraged to explore the state’s programs and services at
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