On February 23, 2024, the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor (the Departments) published a final rule in the "Federal Register" (89 FR 13814) that defines the sixth performance indicator--effectiveness in serving employers--as "Retention with the Same Employer" in the second and fourth quarters following a participant's exit from a WIOA core program and requires it be reported by one WIOA core program on behalf of all six such programs within each state. The final rule will take effect on March 25, 2024. The purpose of this program memorandum of jointly-issued FAQs is to outline when States must begin collecting and reporting "Retention with the Same Employer" data and inform States of the information collection requests (ICRs) and joint policy guidance the Departments will revise in accordance with this new regulatory definition.