Veterans Reps

Veterans' Employment Representatives

Veteran Services ensures that job and training services are offered to veterans on a priority basis. Veterans have priority over non-veterans regarding job placement, counseling, testing, referral to supportive services, job development, and job training. Local veteran employment representatives (LVERs) and disabled veterans outreach program representatives (DVOPs) provide these services to veterans in New Mexico.

LVER -- Local Veteran Employment Representative

LVERs primary duties are conducting outreach to employers, facilitating job search workshops, and providing employment and training services to veterans.

DVOP -- Disabled Veteran Outreach Program Specialist

DVOPs focus on providing intensive services with priority to special disabled, disabled veterans, and other eligible veterans in accordance with priorities determined by Public Law 107-288.

Ask a Veteran Representative about set dates and times for Job Fairs & V-TAP Job Fairs

In New Mexico job fairs are coordinated for local employers to meet potential employees.

Veterans' Transitional Assistance Program V-TAP is a training program provides information on resume writing, cover letters, and interviews.

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FAQs

When is overtime due?What are the new overtime laws?What is Unemployment Insurance (UI)?How is the Trust Fund funded to pay benefits?How can I find out about employment opportunities at DWS?What does the Department of Workforce Solutions do?What is the Veterans’ Employment Service?What is the Employment and Training Administration (ETA)?How can I locate key DWS Personnel?What is the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)?How do I become a Department of Workforce Solutions Vendor?What is the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)?Must a youth have a work permit to work?What is the Foreign Labor Certification (FLC) process for hiring foreign workers?What hours can youth work?What is the youngest age at which a person can be employed?Must young workers be paid the minimum wage?Are there prohibited occupations for students under 16? Under 18?What is required to obtain a work permit?Are there laws or rules for children working in the performing arts or entertainment industry?What is Unemployment Insurance (UI)?How is the Trust Fund funded to pay benefits?Who needs to have an Unemployment Insurance (UI) account number?What are the liability requirements?How do I register with the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions to report and pay state unemployment?What is an Unemployment Self-Service Account?I already have an existing Employer's Account Number. How do I create a self-service account? I cannot find my assigned temporary password. How do I obtain my temporary password so that I can activate my account?What functionality will be available to employers once a self-service account is established?What is a Reporting Unit Number?How do I remove a reporting unit?Is online system secure?Can I set security limits/rights by reporting units?Are agents and accountants able to use the Unemployment Insurance Employer Self-Service System on behalf of their clients?What is the purpose of the Communication Method?When will wage filing and electronic payments be available?If new employers are receiving new employer numbers for the new UI Tax system, what employer account number should existing employers use for wage reporting on NMWebFile during Phase 1?Will new employers submit wage reports in uFacts or NMWebFile?Can files be zipped files? GZIP, PKZIP or WinZip?Can encrypted data file be uploaded or sent secure FTP?Is there a file size limitation for file uploads to uFacts? Is there a file size limitation for FTP files?Will early and late wage report submissions be accepted? Will multiple wage report files be accepted on the same date as long as there are no duplication of employer IDs?If the XML format is used should the text be formatted in ACSII or EBCDIC? Are there any characters not recognized by the new system? Is there a specific file naming convention with the secure FTP system can an agent use their own standard naming convention?Will a supplemental wage report file be acceptable for employees not included in the original return for an employer ? Or will a later file "overlay" what was previously reported?How will Reimbursable employer wage reports be filed? How are "no" wages Wage Reports filed?Will the Wage Report confirmation File Format be comma delimited regardless of the format in which the data was sent? Is there a file naming convention associated with the Wage Report Confirmation File?Will the FTP system "push" the Wage Report Confirmation File to the TPA or will they "retrieve" the file from the secure FTP system folder? Documentation indicates that the Wage Report confirmation file may be available real time or batch depending on the file size. What file size equates to real time?Is the Wage Report Confirmation File Header Record 1 considered a transmission/file level acknowledgement of the TPAs file?If there are "fatal" errors on an employer's data in a wage report transmission file, is all the employer data rejected?Is there any limitation for resubmitting a return after the original secure FTP filing attempt was unsuccessful? Will a an employer or TPA have visibility of file level confirmation history somewhere or only ID level confirmation history via the self-service system? Does the Employer/TPA password expire? If so, what notification is provided? Will the system accept late original and corrected returns for the current Statute of limitations of four years from the date the return was originally due? Will the Client Rate Exchange file can include credits currently available in the DWS system for the client to use? Will a TPA need to sign an MOU with NMDWS to utilize Passive Enrollment? Will a TPA need to sign MOU with NM DWS to utilize ACH Credit? How do TPAs obtain the Passive Enrollment File Specification format? How do TPAs obtain the ACH Credit File Specification format? "Does a "wage report file" equate to A) all employees for a specific employer ID or B) all of the employer IDs and their employee records contained in that wage report?Are there any conditions that would cause an employee level "fatal" error other than "Missing SSN and First Name and Last Name"?What is the timing requirement for the Electronic Fund Transfer payment in relation to the file submission and the due date? If there are any employee level "fatal" errors that cause the payment to be more than the calculated tax due, is there a period where the excess tax will be retained waiting for the employee record to be corrected and sent? Or is the overpayment immediately refunded to the employer? With both the wage detail and the payment being sent electronically, can the payment voucher be eliminated? When will ACH Credit or Debit Information be available?What is the process to request approval to enroll to submit filings using FTP? Can a wage report filing and payment filing be submitted together? Will agents be able to test wage files with DWS, and who should we work with when we are ready? With the various format options for wage filing (ICESA, EFW2, XML, etc), is there a preferred or recommended format for transmitting larger bulk files? Are there any file size limitations that we need to adhere to? Are bulk files to be manually uploaded via the website or can transmissions be FTP secure server to server exchange?As of June 2011 the Social Security Administration changed their system to begin issuing SSNs beginning with "8". Will your edits be modified to recognize these as valid SSNs? Can more than TPA file a wage report for a client? Will it be obvious to TPAs if a client is "passively enrolled" or "actively enrolled" when they view the account online? When the client is "passively enrolled" will that be just for pay/file or pay/file and benefits? Will the association created with the passive role assignment file allow agents to obtain rates for those employers using the Client Rate File? Do TPA's have to use the payment due and allocation file processes if they are authorized to use the ACH Credit file process? Is the new 15 employer requirement referred to in a recent letter sent by DWS with the rate notices referring to claim related functions or ES-903 filing? Are the WC-1 Workers Compensation filing requirements impacted by the new DWS electronic filing requirements? How are amended wage reports submitted? online and/or via paper?What is Unemployment Insurance (UI)?How is the Trust Fund funded to pay benefits?What is the Unemployment Insurance tax rate for a new employer?What are the penalties for not submitting timely quarterly wage reports? What is the Taxable Wage Base?What agencies can file via the WebFile Services?How do employer's report individual employees state withholding and workman's compensation fees?Is filing using the Tri-Agency web application mandatory?How does an employer create an account to file electronically?Where do I find the formats/specification to file on-line?I represent and file reports for multiple employers with one submission. Will I be able to file online through the WebFile Services?Whom can I contact for questions and technical assistance on the three required formats and related schema?Can I pay my taxes online with a single payment?How does the employer report state withholding and workers compensation when they have more than one CRS number?Does the non-liable employer need to file state withholding and worker's compensation fee on ES903 A&B?Can I send TRD payments to NMDWS for processing?When submitting filing information using the web application, will the system inform employer if there are errors on the report? What if I receive a message about a wrong tax rate? Can I submit adjustments via on-line?How many submissions can I make? What are the new overtime laws?What is the minimum wage?Must employers grant leave to employees called up by the National Guard or Reserve?Can an employer require an employee to produce military orders before granting a military leave of absence?What is the uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act?Where can I go for assistance concerning my employment and reemployment rights as a veteran or member of the Guard or Reserve?I think I didn’t get a job because the employer didn’t want to hire veterans. Is there anything I can do?What is the law that applies to the job rights for Guard and Reserve members being called up for the current national emergency?Does the Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA) apply to very small employers?What are the basic reemployment rights when an employee returns following military service?Does the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) require that an employee receive pension credit while absent to perform military service?Does the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) apply to part-time employees?If an employee would have been laid off while he or she was performing military service, does an employer have to reemploy the person when the military service is completed?Is an employer required to pay an employee while the employee is on military duty?Must an employee’s job be kept open while the employee is on military duty?If an employee would have been laid off while he or she was performing military service, does an employer have to reemploy the person when the military service is completed?I have a service-connected disability. Are there special programs for me?How can I get my resume to employers who may want to hire veterans?I will be discharged from the service in a few months. How can I get ready for civilian life?Are there people at the Workforce Connection Office with special knowledge to help veterans get a job?What is the Human Rights Act?What are the bases of discrimination?Is harassment covered under the Human Rights Act?How long do I have to file a complaint?What does it cost to file a complaint?Does the Human Rights Bureau represent me or provide me an attorney?What if I want to file my charge with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?What is the ADR Program?How may I learn about discrimination?What is the Human Rights Commission?What may I have awarded if I win my case?I was bypassed for a major promotion because I am pregnant. Is this legal?I just found out that I am pregnant. Can my employer fire me or reassign me?I am looking for workplace posters. Where can I find them?I own a small business. Which federal and state posters does my company need to post?I know which federal and State posters I am required to post. Where can I get the posters?Where in my place of business am I required to post posters?Which posters have to be posted where "applicants" as well as employees can see them?With the January 2008 change in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), do I have to change my FMLA poster?OSHA issued a new poster in 2007. Do I have to replace all my Safety and Health Posters?I have seasonal employees and want to know if they "count" in deciding whether to post the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) poster. Can I use one of the "all in one" posters?We have break rooms on each floor in our building. Do I have to post the posters in each break room on each floor or can I just post them in the lunch room?What do we do about notices that must be posted where applicants for employment can see them? Do I have to post the notices/posters in each of our buildings? Is each employer required to post all of the federal workplace posters that apply to them and their respective employees?Where should I post the required federal posters?I’m a homebuilder and my salespeople/employees are required to report to the main office only once a week. Can I just post the posters there? Do we have to post the federal posters at all of those other worksite locations?Does the Department of Workforce Solutions offer the "all-in-one" posters?For companies that have an Intranet that every employee can access, may electronic postings satisfy the posting requirements?I work for a non-profit organization (e.g., a church). Does my organization have to post posters?I have no employees but one of my contractors has employees working at my workplace. Who is responsible for posting the required federal posters?I am the business owner. I have no employees and no contract employees. Do I have to post posters?If New Mexico’s minimum wage law provides greater protection than the federal minimum wage, do I still have to post the federal Fair Labor Standards Act/Minimum Wage poster?I have only unpaid volunteers – do I still have to post posters?I pay my employees by commission – do I still have to post the Minimum Wage Poster?

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New Mexico Office of Recovery and Reinvestment