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Whether more people started seeking jobs when extra federal unemployment benefits ended Sept. 4, or they exhausted their state jobless benefits or they feel safer getting back to work because more people are getting the covid vaccine, staffing agencies and employers in the region say they are seeing more people

The seven-county Pittsburgh region added 15,200 jobs in April, raising the total to about 1.11 million — which is almost 142,000 more than the pandemic-restricted economy of a year ago, according to new state labor-force figures. The region saw nonfarm jobs rise to 1,111,700 as 6,500 more construction jobs were

Dino’s Sports Lounge is in the same boat as so many other employers — competing to attract workers in a market made all the harder by covid-19 and an extra $300 a week in benefits being pocketed by eligible jobless workers. “I can’t get people to apply,” said Dino DeCario,

Maryland is also a microcosm of the United States when it comes to population change and the growing crisis in care for older adults and individuals with disabilities. Within the next decade, the number of adults aged 65 and older in Maryland and its urban neighbor, the District of Columbia (DC), is expected to increase by more than 330,000 (a 36 percent increase from 2015 to 2025), while the population of working-age adults will increase by less than 80,000 (just 2 percent)./1 Mirroring nat...

Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review A construction worker is seen putting up a wall on home under construction near the Harrison City Road in Penn Township in March. The construction sector added 2,900 jobs in the Pittsburgh region.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The seven-county Pittsburgh region added 9,000 jobs in March, but the economy still has 76,500 fewer jobs than a year ago, just before the pandemic ...

Joe Napsha And Julia Felton Saturday, April 10, 2021 7:00 a.m. | Saturday, April 10, 2021 7:00 a.m. Joe Napsha | Tribune-Review Joey Marshall pours a beer and Pamela Juart pours wine for customers at Woody’s Piazza Bar at Antonelli Event Center in Irwin. Joe Napsha | Tribune-Review Joe Napsha | Tribune-Review Joe Napsha | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. “Help wanted” signs at restau...

THE ISSUE In the Sunday LNP | LancasterOnline “Watchdog” column, reporter Chad Umble examined the sources of complaints about local restaurants’ noncompliance with COVID-19 prevention measures imposed by the state. Wrote Umble: “During more than a year of state-imposed restrictions meant to slow the spread of COVID-19, restaurants have been a focus of many of the mitigation efforts, with the Agriculture Department’s restaurant inspectors on the front lines. While inspec...

As Lancaster County restaurants search desperately for employees, a trove of experienced workers remains on the sidelines, state data shows. They are the 634 countians who’ve been laid off from restaurants and bars and who filed claims with the state Department of Labor & Industry during the week ended March 27, saying they want to keep drawing unemployment compensation.  They represent 7.7% of the 8,200 continued claims filed by countians that week, one of the largest single categor...

Workers Lose Jobs, Labor Force Shrinks February 3, 2021 Thousands of workers continued to exit the southwestern Pennsylvania labor force, and the local unemployment rate ticked upward as the pandemic year of 2020 drew to a close. The seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 6.7 percent in November to 6.8 percent in December 2020, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor Center for Wor...