Employer Support and Resources
Arizona’s Rapid Response is a Workforce Reduction Support service that provides prompt layoff transition support to employers and reemployment services for employees affected by workplace layoffs and closures. Employers and affected employees are eligible for customized, no-cost services to mitigate the effects of workforce reduction.
Rapid Response is delivered by the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) and the ARIZONA@WORK system across 12 Local Workforce Development Areas. Employers facing any size of workforce reduction are encouraged to contact the State Rapid Response team for support and resources, even if layoffs are expected to be temporary or will not occur for several months.
Download the Rapid Response for Business Quick Guide for more details on how Rapid Response can support employers during workforce reductions, layoffs, and closures.
Explore Rapid Response Services and Resources for Employers
The DES and ARIZONA@WORK Business Services team can help you build a qualified and skilled labor force at no cost to you or your company and provide you with resources, including information about tax credits.
With an Arizona Job Connection (AJC) account, employers can manage unlimited job postings for free, search for qualified candidates, promote their company, connect with local Workforce centers for advice and support, and more.
View wage and employment information for key industries, wages by occupation, industry projections, and occupation projections around Arizona.
- Publicly viewable WARN information can be found using the WARN search on the Arizona Job Connection website.
- Employer’s Guide to Advance Notice of Closings and Layoffs
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
- Download How to Support Employees During a WARN
- Download Rapid Response for Businesses
- Download Layoff Guide for Employees
- Explore Our Local Events
Confidentiality Concerning Layoff Decisions
Rapid Response services promote economic development and vitality. Sensitive information received during the WARN process is not publicly shared but used amongst partners to strategize a plan to deliver crucial services to workers and businesses in transition.
Lower Unemployment Tax & Costs
When Rapid Response services begin before the date of separation, less cost will be incurred as affected employees gain reemployment more quickly. Employer UI Taxes lower when affected employees transition quicker into re-employment.
Create Employee and Community Goodwill
Providing Rapid Response services and resources to a company’s affected workers impresses its commitment to reducing the effects of employment separation on its workers and community. This is good corporate citizenship in the community. Doing so also encourages employee morale and helps mitigate absenteeism before separation.
Statewide System of Support
ARIZONA@WORK provides business and employment services, training opportunities, and community services to meet the employer and affected workers' short and long-term needs.
The Rapid Response team can provide workers who are veterans and have been affected by layoffs with specialized resources to support them as they transition into a new position, including:
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