Although downsizing helps reduce operational costs, it can have an impact on productivity by lowering morale which, in turn, lowers performance. Employers such as yourself can prevent this from happening by utilizing our organization to help your employees successfully transition to other employment. We can provide your employees with:

• Job matching and referral services
• Job leads
• Unemployment insurance appeals information
• Job search training:
  Job Search, Stress Management, Assertiveness, Resume, and specialized workshops can be offered at one of our six locations throughout the Coastal Bend Region or at your worksite for groups of 15 or more.
• Career assessment / exploration for re-employment and re-training options
• Computer skills training
• Referral and/or sponsorship (which includes tuition, books, and supplies) for the following education training:
  • ESL, Literacy, and GED programs
  • Associate degree programs
  • Bachelor degree programs
  • Master degree programs
  • Continuing Education programs
• On-site information presentations
• On-the-Job Training with a new employer for qualified candidates
• Supportive services to help downsized employees re-enter the job market (Interviewing clothing, uniforms, child care, and transportation stipends/bus passes are a few of the ways we have provided support each year to downsized employees depending on our budget.)
• Relocation Assistance to downsized employees who have job opportunities outside the Coastal Bend Region

Texas Labor Market Information
Data provided by Texas Workforce Commission.

Coastal Bend Marketplace
The Alice Chamber of Commerce
The Bee County Chamber of Commerce
The Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce
The Kingsville Chamber of Commerce
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
The Sinton Chamber of Commerce

Work Opportunity Tax Credit

This one year credit program reduces the federal tax liability of private, for-profit employers. The exact amount of net tax savings depends on your tax bracket and qualified wages paid to the eligible employee. Wages paid to temporary, seasonal, part-time, and full-time employees qualify for credit. There is no limit to how many employees you can claim tax credit.

Target groups that may qualify for Work Opportunity Tax Credit:

• Qualified TANF Recipient
• Qualified Veteran
• Qualified Ex-Felon
• High Risk Youth
• Vocational Rehabilitation Referral
• Qualified Summer Youth
• Qualified Food Stamp Recipient
• Qualified SSI Recipient

For more information please contact Danny Ortiz, Business Services Manager at 361-88-7491, email: danny@texasworknet.com

Texas Skills Development Fund

The Texas Skills Development Fund is designed to assist new or expanding business and/or trade unions develop customized training to expand their workforce and to assist small- and medium-sized business networks and consortiums sponsor training initiatives. The legislature appropriated $25 million for Skills Development Fund programs in Texas.

A Checklist for Employers who are Ready to Discharge an Employee:

• You must provide any discharged employee a final paycheck no later than the sixth day after the discharge.
• You must pay the employee all commissions and bonuses according to the terms of any agreements you have made.
• If the employee is entitled under a written agreement or policy to vacation, holiday, sick, parental, or severance leave/pay, you must pay these amounts as you would regular wages.
• If the employee owes the company money or has any of the company's property, you may not withold any of the employee's wages to offset the debts without the employee's prior written authorization.
• For more information, log on to http://www.texasworkforce.org