Layoff Aversion & Assistance

When layoffs are inevitable, we're here to help make the transition smooth. Our Rapid Response team provides your employees information about getting a new job, unemployment insurance, and community resources for health insurance and other financial assistance.

Our Rapid Response presentations provide companies and affected workers with information on services available within their communities to assist them in their time of transition. The presentation includes information by many of our workforce system partner agencies and is available in several languages.

Layoff Aversion & Assistance

If layoffs are a possibility at your organization, please contact us today. The faster you act, the easier the process will be.

Resources

Additional online resources are available through the South Central Wisconsin Job Center System. Visit www.comeherefirst.org to learn more.

Surviving a Layoff: A South Central Wisconsin Resource Guide This guide offers a collection of local and relevant resources that can help affected workers through job transition. Topics include job searching, unemployment insurance, financial counseling and assistance, healthcare options, and other community and workforce resources available throughout the region.   Download the resource guide to learn more.

Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefits

Information portal for Unemployment Insurance, which offers temporary economic assistance to Wisconsin's eligible workers.

ACCESS Wisconsin

An online guide to Wisconsin programs for health, nutrition, and child care. Provides an easy way for people who live in Wisconsin to find out if they might be able to get: help with buying food, low- or no-cost health care, help with buying prescription drugs, help with paying for child care, home energy assistance, special tax credits, and low cost life insurance.

Job Center of Wisconsin

Wisconsin's largest labor-exchange for employers and job seekers. The free, self-service system allows job seekers to search job openings and post resumes, and for employers to post job listings and connect with qualified candidates.