Workforce Headlines
- States Seek to Coordinate TANF & WIOA, But Progress is Slow
CLASP – 05/25/2017 - Employer and Civil Rights Groups Oppose Merger of EEOC and OFCCP
SHRM – 05/24/2017 - Trump's Paid-Parental-Leave Plan Plays Catch-Up to State and Corporate Programs
SHRM – 05/24/2017 - Trump Budget's Paid Parental Leave Plan Could Mean Higher State Taxes
National Public Radio – 05/23/2017 - Labor Department will avoid further delay of retirement savings rule
Washington Post – 05/23/2017 - White House Budget For 2018: Read The Full Plan
National Public Radio – 05/23/2017 - Bipartisan Pushback Greets Trump’s Proposed Budget
Wall Street Journal – 05/23/2017 - Deregulators Must Follow the Law, So Regulators Will Too
Wall Street Journal – 05/22/2017 - Unemployment Is Really Low. So Why Can't These People Find Jobs?
TIME – 05/22/2017 - What we know and don’t know about declining labor force participation: A review
Brookings – 05/17/2017 - How Noncompete Clauses Keep Workers Locked In
New York Times – 05/13/2017 - Working Longer, Retiring Later: Are Employers Ready for the New Employment Trend?
Upjohn Institute – 05/01/2017 - The Employment Service-Unemployment Insurance Partnership: Origin, Evolution, and Revitalization
Upjohn Institute – 05/01/2017 - How Republicans Botched Their Drug-Test Legislation
Bloomberg – 05/01/2017 - MI: New program to train Detroiters for health care jobs
Crain's Detroit Business – 04/13/2017 - Trump lifts federal hiring freeze, but jobs will be slowly filled
Military Times – 04/12/2017 - The Fastest-Growing Traditionally Male Jobs
Indeed – 04/12/2017 - TX: Governor Launches 'Texas Transition Alliance' Aiding Military Families With Employment Training
Patch – 04/11/2017 - Hiring and Quitting Rates Show No Signs of Renewed Labor Market Vigor
The Wall Street Journal – 04/11/2017 - Department of Labor Adopts 60-Day Delay in Applicability Date for Fiduciary Rule
National Law Review – 04/10/2017 - Trump's other apprentices: Importing a Euro model to educate American workers
The Chicago Tribune – 04/03/2017 - Building a New Middle Class in the Knowledge Economy
Progressive Policy Institute – 04/01/2017 - Getting Americans Back to Work
Mathematica Policy Research – 03/29/2017 - Mapping the Hourly Wage Needed to Rent a 2-Bedroom Apartment in Every U.S. State
CityLab – 03/27/2017 - Trump budget proposes 40% cut to job training programs
CNN – 03/24/2017 - Why Work Requirement Became a Theme of the Trump Budget
New York Times – 03/24/2017 - The disappointing recovery of output after 2009
Brookings – 03/23/2017 - President Trump expresses support to create '5 million' apprenticeships
HR Dive – 03/23/2017 - Trump’s Job Training Cuts Cloud Labor Hearing
Bloomberg BNA – 03/23/2017 - Americans Agree on Paid Leave, but Not on Who Should Pay
New York Times – 03/23/2017 - Labor nominee Alexander Acosta questioned on his work record, plans for defending workers
The Washington Post – 03/22/2017 - Trump administration’s delay of rule to regulate career-training programs sparks protest
The Washington Post – 03/22/2017 - Better Marriage Between College and Job Training
Inside Higher Ed – 03/22/2017 - STATES CONSIDER UI MEASURES THAT MAY AFFECT TAXES, FILING
Bloomberg BNA – 03/22/2017 - OH: Ohio Focus on Workforce Development
National Law Review – 03/22/2017 - WA: Employment Security director named chair of federal council
Herald Net – 03/22/2017 - UT: Revamped program targets state's shortage in a talented workforce
Deseret News – 03/21/2017 - IA: Waukee, Boone in new state STEM program
Business Record – 03/20/2017 - Despite uncertainty, Department of Labor fiduciary rule upends 401(k) biz
Investment News – 03/19/2017 - Alliance Enterprises to Bring Together National Rehabilitation and Workforce Leaders for Summer Conference
Benzinga – 03/17/2017 - U.S. Cities Battle Each Other for Jobs With $45 Billion in Incentives
The Wall Street Journal – 03/16/2017 - SC: New website to help with job searches in SC
WBTW News 13 – 03/16/2017 - Fewer Americans Than Forecast File for Unemployment Insurance
Bloomberg – 02/16/2017 - NH: Right to work fails in NH House, 200-177
Concord Monitor – 02/16/2017 - NY: New York DOL Adopts Regulations Governing Employment Policies that Limit Employee Discussion of Wages
The National Law Review – 02/16/2017 - Trump names Alexander Acosta as labor secretary nominee
Politico – 02/16/2017 - House passes bill to roll back restrictions on unemployment drug testing
The Hill – 02/15/2017 - Boeing Workers Reject a Union in South Carolina
New York Times – 02/15/2017 - Facebook wants you to apply for your next job on Facebook
USA Today – 02/15/2017 - Trump Labor Nominee Andrew Puzder Withdraws, First Cabinet Pick To Fall
National Public Radio – 02/15/2017 - WI: Wisconsin One Step Closer to Drug-Testing Workers Who Seek Unemployment Benefits
NPR News Milwaukee – 02/15/2017 - AR: Panel OKs benefits cut for jobless
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/feb/15/panel-oks-benefits-cut-for-jobless-2017/?f=news-arkan – 02/15/2017 - KY: State unemployment services set to end in Bell, Harlan, and Pike Counties
WYMT – 02/15/2017 - Changing Workforce Systems
The Urban Institute – 02/14/2017 - The Millennial Workforce: How Multitasking Is Changing Our Brains
The Huffington Post – 02/14/2017 - House Passes Tweaks To VA Contracting, Veteran Hiring
Law 360 – 02/13/2017 - Labor Department to Delay and Revisit Fiduciary Rule
Bloomberg BNA – 02/13/2017 - TX: DOL Wins Fiduciary Rule Case in Texas
Credit Union Times – 02/08/2017 - PA: Rise in Pa. unemployment tests workforce agencies
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – 02/06/2017 - U.S. Starts Year With Job Surge, but Pay Gains Are Weak
New York Times – 02/03/2017 - Why the White House seems a little jealous of Germany
The Washington Post – 02/02/2017 - Why Apprenticeships Are Taking Off
City Lab – 02/01/2017 - Chinese Imports, U.S. Jobs
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis – 02/01/2017 - Key Findings From 50-State Assessment of Evidence-Based Policymaking
Pew Research Center – 01/31/2017 - Report to the New Leadership and the American People on Social Insurance and Inequality
National Academy of Social Insurance – 01/31/2017 - The future of work in the developing world
Brookings – 01/31/2017 - Women may never make up half of the U.S. workforce
Pew Research Center – 01/31/2017 - Most Americans see labor unions, corporations favorably
Pew Research Center – 01/30/2017 - DirectEmployers Announces Partnership with SVA and NASWA to Create Employment Website for All Student Veterans
Marketwired – 01/30/2017 - Wanted: Factory Workers, Degree Required
New York Times – 01/30/2017 - Statisticians fear Trump White House will manipulate figures to fit narrative
The Guardian – 01/30/2017 - Retraining Day
National Public Radio – 01/27/2017 - Trump Administration asks for more time to think about the federal overtime ruling
The Washington Post – 01/27/2017 - How States Spend Federal TANF Funds
Governing – 01/26/2017 - How Deals Like Nafta Have Affected U.S. Trade
New York Times – 01/25/2017 - Will Jobs in Solar Energy Keep Growing?
City Lab – 01/24/2017 - Trump Orders Broad Hiring Freeze for Federal Government
New York Times – 01/23/2017 - Savings Program Helps Poor Put Aside 4 Times More
Governing – 01/18/2017 - A Working Education
Politico – 01/11/2017 - A New Safety Net for An Era of Unstable Earnings
The Century Foundation – 12/15/2016 - Economic development investments show results
Las Cruces Sun – 10/20/2016 - Labor Secretary Manderino visits Zippo on ‘Jobs That Pay’ tour
The Bradford Era – 10/19/2016 - Colorado labor department promotes energy careers
The Business Times – 10/19/2016 - RECRUITMENT CONTINUES FOR TRAINING PROVIDERS TO ADDRESS COLORADO’S SKILLED WORKER SHORTAGE
North Denver Tribune – 10/19/2016 - BLS Microdata Now More Easily Accessible to Researchers across the Country
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – 10/18/2016 - Once Jobless and Uncounted, Eager Workers Could Slow Fed Rate Hike
New York Times – 10/18/2016 - HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE HITS RECORD HIGH OF 83.2 PERCENT
Associated Press – 10/17/2016 - Despite economic recovery, many Americans still feeling anxious
Marketplace – 10/17/2016 - http://www.infoworld.com/article/3131605/it-training/why-you-should-retrain-your-employees-to-become-your-data-scientists.html
InfoWorld – 10/17/2016 - Jobless Benefits for Gig Workers a Tricky Proposition
Bloomberg BNA – 10/17/2016 - Millions of Men Are Missing From the Job Market
New York Times – 10/16/2016 - Workshops aims to help ex-offenders re-enter workforce
Access WDUN – 10/15/2016 - Georgetown U's Carnevale: Unbundling is 'separating gold from gravel'
Education Dive – 10/13/2016 - Jobs requiring preparation, social skills or both expected to grow most
Pew Research Center – 10/13/2016 - Creating a Pastry Chef From Scratch
New York Times – 10/13/2016 - U.S. Commerce Department to Build Nation’s First One-Stop Economic Development Platform in Partnership with NYU Wagner and Others
New York University – 10/13/2016 - Tracking the gig economy: New numbers
Brookings – 10/13/2016 - Uber Drivers Ruled Eligible for Jobless Payments in New York State
New York Times – 10/12/2016 - Michigan energy companies partner to address growing industry talent shortage
PR Newswire – 10/11/2016 - We still haven’t recovered from the Great Recession
Vox – 10/11/2016 - Key findings about the American workforce and the changing job market
Pew Research Center – 10/06/2016 - Vermont awarded $9 million for ‘Linking Learning to Careers’ program
Vermont Biz – 10/05/2016 - Arizona First In Services For People With Developmental Disabilities, But Still Work To Be Done
KJZZ – 10/03/2016 - Independent work: Choice, necessity, and the gig economy
McKinsey & Company – 10/01/2016 - Gov. Rick Scott calls for $85 million for Florida jobs incentive program
Tampa Bay Times – 09/29/2016 - How computer automation affects occupations: Technology, jobs, and skills
VOX – 09/22/2016 - Uber subsidiary offers job training for self-driving engineers
San Francisco Chronicle – 09/13/2016 - The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-September 2016 Jobs Release
Center for American Progress – 09/02/2016 - This Status Quo Jobs Report Shows the Economy Isn’t Overheating
New York Times – 09/02/2016 - Why is US productivity growth so slow? Possible explanations and policy responses
Brookings – 09/01/2016 - The Metro Areas With More New Businesses
Governing – 09/01/2016 - 10 facts about American workers
Pew Research Center – 09/01/2016 - Agriculture Makes A Significant Contribution to the NYS Economy
New York State Department of Labor – 09/01/2016 - Will I need a license or certification for my job?
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – 09/01/2016 - Will automation take away all our jobs?
TED – 09/01/2016 - For Some Older Adults In Japan, A Chance To Stay In The Workforce
National Public Radio – 08/25/2016 - No degree? No problem as tight labor market changes the game
USA Today – 08/07/2016 - The Sobering Lesson of a Good Jobs Report
Bloomberg – 08/05/2016 - America’s advanced industries: New trends
Brookings – 08/04/2016 - Illegal in Massachusetts: Asking Your Salary in a Job Interview
New York Times – 08/02/2016 - Employers’ Needs and the Actionable Intelligence to Meet Them
Governing – 08/01/2016 - Innovations in workforce development: Partnering schools with industries
Brookings – 07/27/2016 - How to Build a Successful Summer Jobs Program
Governing – 07/27/2016 - What Do State Economic Agencies Do?
Urban Institute – 07/27/2016 - Working in a gig economy
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – 05/01/2016 - Job-Seeking Teens Might Get a Break This Summer
CNBC – 04/03/2013 - Department of Labor launches enhanced online work search application
Beatrice Daily Sun – 03/20/2013 - Spending Cuts Threaten State Recoveries, Governors Say
Bloomberg Businessweek – 02/23/2013 - Working Late: In Tough Economy, Retirement Gets Pushed Back
National Public Radio – 02/17/2013 - Kansas workshare program praised for keeping employees on the job
Topeka Capital-Journal – 02/16/2013 - New program helps D.C. residents launch careers in the culinary arts
WJLA.com – 02/13/2013 - State to periodically measure shale jobs and wage growth
The News-Messenger (AP) – 02/11/2013 - Walker offers sweeping jobs plan, wants to invest nearly $100M in workforce
The Eau Claire Leader Telegram – 02/11/2013 - U.S. Work Share Program Helps Employers Avoid Layoffs
Bloomberg Businessweek – 01/24/2013 - More Americans 75 and Older Keep Working
CNBC – 01/14/2013 - What The Surge In Manufacturing Means For Skilled Labor
Forbes.com – 01/14/2013 - 3 bright spots in the U.S. job market for 2013
Fortune Blogs - CNN Money – 01/02/2013 - New Georgia law to raise unemployment contributions
The Daily Tribune News (AP) – 12/30/2012 - NM to launch online system for jobless benefits
WTHITV.com – 12/29/2012 - U.S. Workers: 2013 Will Be A Better Year for Jobs, Economy
Yahoo! Finance – 12/18/2012 - Why the Feds Want to Give Aspiring Entrepreneurs Unemployment Benefits
Bloomberg Businessweek – 12/17/2012 - 2 million could lose unemployment benefits this month if there’s no ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
The Washington Post – 12/08/2012 - TWC grant aids job training
Times Record News – 12/05/2012 - State adds HR service to online job site
The State Journal-Register – 12/04/2012 - New Mexico to launch Integrated UI system
Ruidoso Free Press – 12/04/2012 - Program helps N.D. youth find employment
The Bismarck Tribune – 12/04/2012 - Online Labor Demand Little Changed in November, Down 15,700
Yahoo! Finance – 12/03/2012 - Many jobless in U.S. don't collect unemployment
Detroit Free Press – 12/02/2012 - Sandy Probably Dealt Blow to Jobs Rebound
Bloomberg Businessweek – 12/02/2012 - State rolling out program to expand Iowa
KTIV News Channel 4 – 11/30/2012 - Census Bureau Releases Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation that Provides a Profile of America's Workforce
KTTC Rochester – 11/29/2012 - Extending jobless benefits creates jobs, report says
Politico.com – 11/29/2012 - Unemployment rates fall in half of large US cities
Bloomberg Businessweek – 11/28/2012 - DWD launches updated career tool for Hoosiers
Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper – 11/28/2012 - How Long Can You Collect Unemployment Benefits?
Real Time Economics - The Wall Street Journal Blog – 11/25/2012 - New veteran's job program announced in Austin
Stars and Stripes – 11/18/2012 - Do boomers threaten younger workers’ jobs?
MarketWatch – 11/13/2012 - 2 million could lose unemployment benefits unless Congress extends program
The Washington Post – 11/12/2012 - Little Federal Help for the Long-Term Unemployed
Yahoo! Finance – 11/01/2012 - Older Americans’ Complicated Role in the Work Force
Real Time Economics - The Wall Street Journal Blog – 10/29/2012 - U.S. Green Training Fell Short of Jobs Goal, Report Says
Bloomberg – 10/26/2012 - For Older Workers, Here Is Where the Jobs Will Be
Yahoo! Finance – 10/22/2012 - Skilled Iowa initiative aims to close 'Middle-Skill Gap' in Iowa
Technology News – 10/15/2012 - Veteran Unemployment, Hard Barrier To Overcome
KUHF News – 10/15/2012 - A Closer Look At America's Aging Workforce
The Huffington Post – 10/14/2012 - Forget the fiscal cliff: U.S. has other possible economic threats looming
The Washington Post – 10/13/2012 - The Plight of the Long-Term Unemployed
Bloomberg Businessweek – 10/11/2012 - US Department of Labor launches virtual Workplace Flexibility Toolkit during National Disability Employment Awareness Month
United States Department of Labor – 10/11/2012 - Extended Unemployment Benefits Return To Some States
The Huffington Post – 10/10/2012 - U.S. August Job Openings and Labor Turnover Report (Text)
Bloomberg Businessweek – 10/10/2012 - NJ moves to combat unemployment benefit fraud
Bloomberg Businessweek – 10/09/2012 - Age Discrimination: Older Workers Worry About Hiring Bias
The Huffington Post – 10/08/2012 - PLYMOUTH CAREER CENTER: Vets helping vets
Plymouth - Wicked Local – 10/06/2012
