Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing, Delay of Merit Staffing Compliance Date

Document 2026-01117 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register on January 21, 2026, with an effective date of January 21, 2026. The Department of Labor's (Department's) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is delaying by 1 year the date by which State grantees, as a condition on their grant funds, must comply with the regulatory requirements in the 2023 Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing Final Rule regarding the grant-funded staffing models States must use to deliver services in the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES). The 2023 Final Rule became effective on January 23, 2024, and provided that all States have until January 22, 2026, 24 months after the effective date of the rule, to comply with the staffing requirements. With this 1-year delay, the compliance date is now January 21, 2027. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/21/2026-01117/wagner-peyser-act-staffing-delay-of-merit-staffing-compliance-date.

No. Document 2026-01117 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.