Gov. Tony Evers focused largely on addressing the state’s generational workforce challenges during his 2024 State of the State address. Evers declared 2024 the Year of the Worker in Wisconsin and announced new efforts by the his administration to build a workforce prepared to meet the needs of a 21st-century economy, including:
- Launching the state’s first teacher apprenticeship pilot program;
- Creating the Governor’s Task Force on the Healthcare Workforce; and
- Establishing the Office of Employee Engagement and Retention for the State of Wisconsin workforce, which will focus on recruiting and retaining state employees.
Said Evers, “Three things are key to addressing our state’s workforce challenges: first, we must find a long-term solution to our state’s looming child care crisis; second, we must expand paid family leave; and third, we must invest in public education at every level, from early childhood to our technical colleges and universities.”
Further details on Evers’ newly-announced workforce efforts are available here.
