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Rapid Response: Layoff Assistance & Layoff Aversion Services

When businesses and workers face unexpected challenges, Rapid Response steps in as a critical support system, helping to turn uncertainty into opportunity. 


Delivered through WorkSource Oregon, this free program provides immediate assistance to employers and employees, offering solutions to manage layoffs, prevent job loss, and support career transitions.


Whether it’s layoff aversion strategies, reemployment assistance, or connections to vital community resources, Rapid Response helps keep Oregon’s workforce strong. 

Layoff Assistance for Employers

If you're an employer considering layoffs, this video provides an overview of services here to help.

Asistencia para Despidos para Empleadores

 Si eres un empleador que está considerando despidos, este video ofrece una visión general de los servicios disponibles para ayudar. 

Possibly facing a layoff?

If you're an employee that is facing a potential layoff, this video gives you an overview of what is available for help.

¿Posiblemente ser despedido del trabajo?

 Si eres un empleado que enfrenta un posible despido, este video te ofrece una visión general de lo que está disponible para ayudarte.

Layoff Resources for Dislocated Workers

If you are a worker who has been laid off or has been notified of an impending layoff, we are here to support you. Connect with career counseling, training opportunities, unemployment benefits, and other essential resources to help you land your next job. 


Our services are designed to help you get back to work and find the key resources you need. We start by connecting you with a local WorkSource Oregon center, where dedicated staff can explain and help you access a wide range of programs and services available in Oregon. 


As a WorkSource Oregon partner, we're committed to guiding you through this challenging time and helping you find new opportunities.

 Click here for Layoff Resources for Workers and Employers

Layoff Resources for Employers from Worksource Oregon

Work Share, link routes you to the Work Share page of Oregon dot gov.

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Additional Business Supports

Incumbent Worker Training

  Employers can reduce their employees' work hours by 20-40% instead of laying them off. Employees can receive partial unemployment insurance benefits to supplement their reduced wages, ensuring minimal income loss.

Incumbent Worker Training

Additional Business Supports

Incumbent Worker Training

 Designed to help your current employees gain the education and access the training they need to transition into new roles, retain employment, and avoid layoffs. Meeting the specific needs of employers to keep a skilled workforce in place, ensuring your business continues to thrive.

On the job training

On-the-Job-Training (OJT)

Additional Business Supports

Additional Business Supports

Employers train new hires the skills necessary to perform job duties and then receive a training cost reimbursement up to 50% of the wages during the training period for positions eligible for OJT.

Additional Business Supports

Additional Business Supports

Additional Business Supports

 Many services are funded through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and are offered at no cost to you or your workers. Contact WorkSource Oregon to access customized services for your business.

FOR ANY OF THESE SERVICES, CONTACT WORKSOURCE OREGON

 Funded at the federal level and established under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Rapid Response ensures no business or worker has to navigate workforce changes alone.  

Click here to find the nearest WorkSource Oregon center

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Programs funded in whole or in part with public funds from the US Department of Labor, Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) and the Eastern Oregon Workforce Board (EOWB). 


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