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Governor issues order creating Blue Ribbon Task Force to develop training and education opportunities, providing better jobs for West Virginians CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice issued an executive order Tuesday, creating a Blue Ribbon Task Force, designed to better integrate the training and certification programs offered through the West Virginia Community and Technical College system and West Virginia’s Workforce Development system, opening the door to better job opportunities for all W...

Federal supplemental unemployment benefits have far outpaced state unemployment payments, according to the most recent data available from WorkForce West Virginia.

CHARLESTON — Employment numbers continued to improve in April, as 3,200 West Virginians went back to work, according to unemployment data released by WorkForce West Virginia. In April, the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.8%, as total nonfarm employment increased 3,200. Of those new jobs, 1,700 were in the service-providing sector and 1,500 were in the goods-producing sector, according to WorkForce West Virginia and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. More than 750,000 West Virginia...

Close Gov. Jim Justice illustrates his sincerity regarding vaccinating younger West Virginians by tabulating the numbers of those yet to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Photo by Governors Office Monetary incentives to be checks and bonds, governor says By Charles Boothe | Bluefield Daily Telegraph May 11, 2021 May 11, 2021 Gov. Jim Justice illustrates his sincerity regarding vaccinating younger West Virginians by tabulating the numbers of those yet to get a C...

West Virginia Del. Sean Hornbuckle, D-Cabell, says while enhanced unemployment benefits may be one factor for those not seeking a job, he believes low wages is another. On Wednesday, he was a “server for an hour” at Giovanni’s Pizza in Huntington to draw attention to the struggles of restaurant employees earning the subminimum wage for tipped workers. Submitted photo

CHARLESTON — West Virginians receiving unemployment benefits are unlikely to experience a gap in payments as WorkForce West Virginia officials work with the U

For The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Wednesday to prioritize economic development and tourism in the state after a lengthy debate over whether the bill was needed or not. House Bill 2019, elevating the West Virginia Development Office and the Division of Tourism to cabinet-level positions, passed the House 86-13. The bill heads to the state Senate. HB 2019 would rename the WVDO to the Department of Economic Development and the Division of Tou...

Staff writer CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Wednesday to prioritize economic development and tourism in the state after a lengthy debate over whether the bill was needed. House Bill 2019, elevating the West Virginia Development Office and the Division of Tourism to cabinet-level positions, passed the House 86-13. The bill heads to the state Senate. HB 2019 would rename the WVDO to the Department of Economic Development and the Division of Tourism to the Depa...

The state agency responsible for helping West Virginians find jobs and collect unemployment benefits is in an employment crunch of its own, according to a legislative audit. In a yearlong examination of WorkForce West Virginia, legislative auditors found that employee misclassification was “rampant,” leading to a loss of $824,000 to $1.1 million in personal income tax revenue from 2014 to 2018. During each of those years, the U.S. Department of Labor gave West Virginia a “failâ�...

Over next few weeks, West Virginia will expand vaccination effort to retailers, plant workers, government offices and more By December 20, 2020 - 12:59 pm Joe Peal, retired colonel and chief of joint staff for the West Virginia National Guard, leads the effort to organize the state’s vaccine rollout. Last week, as vaccines rolled out to some of the state’s most vulnerable residents, he could breathe a brief sigh of relief. But a lot of challenging work remains. “This is the week we star...