---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 652.207"
title: "20"
number: "652.207"
heading: "How does a State meet the requirement for universal access to Employment Service services?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/652.207"
---

# §652.207. How does a State meet the requirement for universal access to Employment Service services?

- (a) **A State has discretion in how it meets the requirement for universal access to ES services.** In exercising this discretion, a State must meet the Wagner-Peyser Act's requirements.
- (b) **These requirements are—**
  - (1) Labor exchange services must be available to all employers and job seekers, including unemployment insurance (UI) claimants, veterans, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and individuals with disabilities;
  - (2) The State must have the capacity to deliver labor exchange services to employers and job seekers, as described in the Wagner-Peyser Act, on a statewide basis through:
    - (i) Self-service, including virtual services;
    - (ii) Facilitated self-help service; and
    - (iii) Staff-assisted service;
  - (3) In each local area, in at least one comprehensive physical center, ES staff must provide labor exchange services (including staff-assisted labor exchange services) and career services as described in [§ 652.206](/cfr/20/652.206.md); and
  - (4) Those labor exchange services provided under the Wagner-Peyser Act in a local area must be described in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) described in [§ 678.500](/cfr/20/678.500.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 56337, Aug. 19, 2016, as amended at 85 FR 626, Jan. 6, 2020; 88 FR 82726, Nov. 24, 2023]

### Authority

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

Source: 81 FR 56337, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 56337, Aug. 19, 2016, as amended at 85 FR 626, Jan. 6, 2020; 88 FR 82726, Nov. 24, 2023]