[ad_1] The Texas Workforce Commission is offering a special childcare subsidy for parents in the service industry. TWC has an existing childcare subsidy for low-wage workers, but the new program for parents who work in retail, accommodation, food service, arts, entertainment and recreation doesn’t currently have a waitlist – according to a TWC spokesperson. Addressing
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[ad_1] Peter Mbondo, a porter at Muthurwa market in Nairobi offloads sacks of sweet potatoes from a lorry on July 15, 2021. [Denish Ochieng,Standard] The World Bank’s 2020 global employment statistics place Kenya’s unemployment rate at three per cent. This is a conservative figure going by the indicators used. We all know the actual numbers are way
[ad_1] The state Department of Workforce Development on Wednesday announced it has contracted with Madison-based software development company Flexion to begin updating the department’s decades-old unemployment system, which has been blamed for delaying the processing of claims during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The department’s plan to modernize the state’s unemployment system, which uses 60-year-old COBOL
[ad_1] Iowa’s economy slid back in August, shedding jobs despite a strong start to the month after the state cut off unemployment insurance benefits for tens of thousands of workers. Led by job losses at restaurants and factories, payrolls in Iowa declined by 6,500 last month, according to federal data released Friday. The drop follows three
[ad_1] Healthcare cure concept with a hand in blue medical gloves holding Coronavirus, Covid 19 virus, vaccine vial So you got fired from your job for refusing to get vaccinated or wear a mask. You also may have forfeited any right to collecting unemployment benefits. That’s the conclusion of David Selden, a veteran labor law
[ad_1] GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Scammers targeting unemployment have been a chronic problem during the pandemic, and now, there’s another scam you should be looking for. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has received reports of a phishing text, where imposters pretend to be from the Department of Workforce Development (DWD),
[ad_1] General Motors and Ford, along with Stellantis, have all announced extended plant shutdowns across North America over the past week. All three corporations have cited the global shortage of available semiconductor chips as the reason for the shutdowns, which will place thousands of US workers on temporary layoffs after the Labor Day weekend. The
[ad_1] INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Department of Workforce Development has ordered thousands of Hoosiers to repay overpayment of unemployment benefits. The process to appeal is complicated and time-consuming. I-Team 8 found a Johnson County man won his appeal, but the state continued to impose a garnishment of his wages. Bartley Baker was shocked when he received a letter in
[ad_1] The state’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9% in July, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary job estimates indicate Massachusetts gained 43,400 jobs in July. That follows last month’s gain of 11,200 jobs. From July 2020 to July 2021, Massachusetts gained an estimated 254,200
[ad_1] Vaccine mandates are a controversial topic. With immunity tied to the paycheck, many are left wondering if they say no to the shot, do they face termination, and if so, could they then be eligible for unemployment benefits? “I’ve not seen a case like that come before the [Indiana] Department of Workforce Development, so