California Employment Training Panel
$850,000
About the Program
The Employment Training Panel (ETP) provides funding to employers to help upgrade workers' skills through training that leads to good-paying, long-term jobs. The California State Legislature created the ETP in 1982, and California employers fund it through a special payroll tax. ETP has a tripartite governing structure, with appointed Panel members representing business, unions, and state government. The ETP is a funding agency, not a training agency. Businesses determine their own training needs and how to provide training. ETP staff is available to assist in applying for funds and other aspects of participation.
ETP is a business- and labor-supported state agency that funds vocational training costs. ETP is governed by an 8-member Panel. ETP is funded by a tax on employers, collected alongside the Unemployment Insurance tax. ETP receives no General Fund support.
- The program is funded by the Employment Training Tax paid by California employers, and targets firms threatened by out-of-state competition or who compete in the global economy.
- The program is performance-based. Employers must provide proof that training hours have been completed and trainees have been retrained in well-paying jobs for a specified period at a specified wage before ETP reimburses payment.
- Since its inception in 1982, ETP has reimbursed employers well over $2 billion for training workers in more than 100k businesses.
- For Incumbent Worker training, employers contribute to the cost of training. ETP also funds training for unemployed workers
- ETP provides additional incentive to assist small businesses and employers in high unemployment areas of the State.
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