NASWA Staff Receives Award at UWC UI Issues Conference

Jerry Pectol, NASWA's SIDES Director, was honored on June 28, at the UWC UI Issues Conference in Memphis, TN, with the UI Integrity Award for 2023.

He earned the recognition for his years of service in fostering positive relations between states, employers, and TPAs and his attention to the development of tools in SIDES to address fraud and improve integrity.

Pectol joined NASWA in 2011 as a part-time liaison for the states and employers working to implement SIDES. In 2013, he began as the Operations Director of SIDES before being promoted to SIDES Director in 2014. He is responsible for supporting a national Unemployment Insurance (UI) system to allow state UI agencies to communicate electronically with employers and Third Party Administrators (TPAs). SIDES commitment includes 50 state UI agencies and 30 of the largest Employers/TPAs that represent nearly 50 percent of the national UI activity. Other duties include overseeing a $3.8 million budget, directing the development and implementation of the SIDES system in most states, and facilitating discussions at all SIDES training programs with states, employers, and TPAs.