What is the primary purpose of the Wagner-Peyser Act?

• A. Provide establishment of national employment system
• B. Provide establishment of a nationwide unemployment insurance system
• C. Create job training grants
• D. Regulate employment agencies

Answer: (B)

The main idea behind the Wagner-Peyser Act is to create a nationwide system of public employment services. It established state employment offices and a federal framework—often called the public employment service—to connect job seekers with employers, provide job referrals, and share labor market information. This sets up a coordinated job-matching system across the country.

This isn’t about unemployment insurance (that comes from a different law) or about funding job training grants. Nor is its primary aim to regulate private employment agencies. Its core function is to provide the public employment service that helps people find work and employers find workers.