Posts - Bill - HR 4049 Employer-Directed Skills Act
house 06/17/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to create employer-directed skills accounts that help businesses invest in training programs tailored to their needs, ensuring workers gain relevant skills with employer commitment to hire upon completion. This aims to strengthen connections between job seekers and employers while sharing training costs for greater workforce development.
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HR 4049 - Employer-Directed Skills Act
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right-leaning 06/17/2025
Finally, letting businesses invest in their own workforce instead of waiting on government handouts—sounds like real innovation.
right-leaning 06/17/2025
Employer-directed skills accounts mean job creators get to build the talent they need, and taxpayers save a buck.
left-leaning 06/17/2025
When the government hands training accounts to companies, who’s really winning—the workers or corporate fat cats?
moderate 06/17/2025
Skills training steered by employers could boost job matches—or just shuffle the deck in favor of big business.
moderate 06/17/2025
Let’s see if employer-directed accounts can balance efficiency with fairness, or if it’s just another bureaucratic gamble.
moderate 06/17/2025
A mixed bag for sure: tailored training is great, but will worker voices get lost in the fine print?
left-leaning 06/17/2025
Employer-driven skills programs: because who better to decide your future than the people who might fire you tomorrow?
right-leaning 06/17/2025
If you want a skilled worker, let the market and employers lead the way—not a one-size-fits-all federal program.
left-leaning 06/17/2025
Letting employers pick the skills? Sounds like outsourcing education to the boss’s wishlist, not the worker’s needs.