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Serving up a to-go margarita with Maudies Tex Mex fare "has been a lifesaver" for the popular restaurant chain over the past year, said Ryan Leugers, director of operations for the Austin-based company. Mixed beverages for carryout, a temporary option afforded to Texas restaurants as the pandemic ravaged sales, have "improved the customer experience of our takeout program," Leugers said. "It has really been a lifeline to our customers, our staff and our business." Leugers said the to-go ...

TXOGA reports the Lone Star State added 4,300 jobs in March. The Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA) reported Tuesday that the state’s upstream sector added 4,300 jobs in March. In addition to representing the third straight month of an upstream employment uptick in the state, the latest figure marks the largest single month-over-month gain since the summer of 2011, TXOGA revealed in a written statement emailed to Rigzone. The trade organization bases its findings on data from the Texas Wor...

The Texas manufacturing and service sectors continued to bounce back in April amid the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and the reopening of the economy. That’s the takeaway from two recent Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas surveys, which show both sectors are growing at a solid clip. "Recovery in the Texas manufacturing sector remains in high gear, with measures of demand, employment, wages and prices reaching new highs in the survey’s 17-year history," said Emily Kerr, Dallas Fed senior business ec...

BBB reports unemployment scam The Better Business Bureau of North Central Texas said one of its own investigators became the target of an unemployment scheme and warns businesses to be aware of such activity. The investigator got a mailing saying she was eligible to receive unemployment benefits. It listed BBB as her employer, outlined her weekly benefit amount and included options on how to receive payments. At the same time the BBB office got a notice of application for unemployment ben...

Tracy Salters Joins Keystone Partners as Partner in the Leadership Development Practice Share Article Former Charles Schwab Talent Leader to Support National Expansion of Career Management and Leadership Development Consulting Firm BOSTON (PRWEB) April 22, 2021 Keystone Partners, a leading career management and leadership development consulting firm and founding partner of Career Partners International, announced today the hire of ...

DeSoto Police Advise Victims Of Unemployment Fraud On How To Document Incident How To Handle Unemployment Fraud In the media business one of the “rules” report the story, don’t become the story. However, just like other Texans, last week I discovered I was the victim of unemployment fraud. It was a little unsettling to read “permanent layoff” when I own the company. So, just like other victims I turned to the internet looking for a way to report the fraud and resolve the issue. I fou...

Texas adds nearly 100,000 jobs in March as economic recovery continues following historic winter storm Texas adds nearly 100,000 jobs in March as economic recovery continues following historic winter storm The addition of jobs to the North Texas economy is a reversal from February’s job losses, which economists attributed to the disastrous winter storm and widespread power outages. Employees of Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas prep for a virtual job fair hosted by the State Fair of Texas ou...

Austins jobless rate drops as economy shows signs of recovery In another sign that economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is underway, Austins unemployment rate dipped last month as COVID-19 vaccine rollouts increased and businesses continued to reopen. The areas jobless rate decreased from 5.6% in February to 5.3% in March, according to new figures from the Texas Workforce Commission. The data includes Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell counties. The Austin regions Mar...

When people think of identity theft, fraudulent credit activity and impersonation come to mind. But unsecure personal information can also be used to file for unemployment benefits without the person’s knowledge, according to Cisco Gamez, media and public relations specialist with Texas Workforce Commission. Of the 652,800 claims filed in 2019, the workforce commission determined 1,142 were suspicious — a ratio of about 0.18%, Gamez said. However, there was huge increase last year as ...

Someone else might be filing for unemployment using your information. The Texas Workforce Commission has seen an increase of unemployment fraud cases since the pandemic began.