To help IDES in making decisions which have a direct effect on the state's employer community. It serves as both an advisor and sounding board for proposed and continued Employment Service policies and programs. The Illinois Employer Council represents the local councils at Statewide meetings. The council enables employers to have input in determining law and policy as it relates to employment and training issues, and interaction with local IETC staff. The Statewide Council is part of a national Employer Council organization.
Membership is free.
The committee is composed of a cross section of employer representatives from large and small companies, various industries, frequent IDES customers and newly non-familiarized IDES customers. First of all, there is strength in numbers. Approximately 30,000 employers participate in the National Employer Council. Their influence as a group on major employer issues can convey employer sentiment at the NEC annual convention, held in Washington, D.C., to congressional legislators and the United States Department of Labor.