W. Gerard "Jerry" Oleksiak (born c. 1952) is a Democratic politician who served as the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry under Governor Tom Wolf from 2017 until his retirement in December 2020.
He served as Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) vice president, treasurer, and as a member of the board of directors.
[3] Oleksiak joined the Department following a performance audit that showed almost $180 million in taxpayer dollars was spent under his leadership of Manderino on a botched modernization project for unemployment compensation.
Due to a struggle of the providing of additional funding, several centers were closed and workers laid off until a bill was passed in 2017.
[7] Despite Oleksiak saying that staff has been added to try to address ongoing customer service issues, the phone lines and online chat features remain mostly ineffective and inaccessible continuing to cause many Pennsylvanians frustration.