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A $10 million pilot program will support unemployed and underemployed New Jerseyans trying to navigate and succeed in the labor market.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is the state’s public health, law, and human services university devoted to excellence in professional and graduate education, research, patient care, and public service.

Georgian Court University is the first college/university in the state to offer employees a four-day compressed workweek option year-round.

Rutgers will implement flexible work arrangements as part of a new program to ensure it remains competitive in a changing work culture.

(The Center Square) – Business and labor leaders across the state have been meeting to address the loss of middle wage jobs with mixed results. The group of lawmakers, business and union representatives and researchers ...

In the end, the Illinois Future of Work Task Force final report excluded business groups' legitimate and vital concerns, write co-chairs of the panel.

How are we supposed to implement reforms when the state’s largest pro-business organizations’ concerns were marginalized and largely omitted from the final report?

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Lawmakers emphasize need to bolster tech, education in workforce development Crawford Humphreys © Getty Images STEM_science_class Lawmakers on Wednesday stressed the need to focus on technology and education as drivers of job growth in both the near and long term. Speaking at The Hills "Future of Jobs Summit," Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) argued that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education will play a key role in shaping the workforce. "The future is in...

Credit Min Xian / WPSU After a year of largely remote classes and jobs, Penn State plans to move faculty and staff back to in-person work this fall as COVID-19 vaccines become widely available, according to an announcement from the university giving an overview of return-to-work plans. In making the announcement, the university said the availability of vaccines factors into “an optimistic outlook for summer and a full, on-campus experience for students at all campuses in fall 2021.” The pla...