Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 16, 2025

Title 20 - Employees' Benefits last revised: Mar 17, 2025
§ 652.2 - Scope and purpose of the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service.

The basic purpose of the ES is to improve the functioning of the nation's labor markets by bringing together individuals who are seeking employment and employers who are seeking workers.

authority: 29 U.S.C. chapter 4B; 38 U.S.C. chapters 41 and 42; Secs. 189 and 503, Public Law 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014)
source: 81 FR 56337, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 20 CFR 652.2