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For people who served prison time, the unemployment rate is 60% from the time of their release until four years later.

The labor shortage impacts all of us, but for folks who have traditionally faced barriers to employment – a criminal record, addiction – it's been a time of great opportunity.

The labor shortage impacts all of us, but for folks who have traditionally faced barriers to employment – a criminal record, addiction – it's been a time of great opportunity.

With its acquisition of Harmon Personnel Services, a Vermont-based, mission-driven staffing agency serving those who face hurdles to employment has now set up shop in the Pioneer Valley.Working Fields, based in Burlington, Vermont, acquired Harmon...

Mission-driven staffing agency Working Fields is expanding operations to Massachusetts, the organization announced today. The company acquired Greenfield-based alternative staffing agency Harmon Personnel Services (Harmon) from Community Action Pioneer Valley (CAPV) on December 25, 2022. The acquisition will go into full effect in January 2023. “Our team at Working Fields is excited to bring our supportive employment model to the Pioneer Valley,” said Mickey Wiles, CEO and founder of Working...

GREENFIELD — Inmates and formerly incarcerated people will have a chance to get involved in food production while building entrepreneurial skills at the Franklin County Community Development Corporation (CDC), thanks to a $94,000 state grant.The...

In 2021, Working Fields placed 265 people in jobs, according to marketing director Daryn Forgeron. The company has assembled roughly 70 employer partners across the state, including American Flatbread, Casella, Darn Tough, Killington Resort and the University of Vermont Health Network.

Fighting Fentanyl In ["Richmond Man Sentenced to Four Years for Brothers' Fatal Overdoses," online, May 27] it states that the Thibaults hired their own private...

Rhino Foods, which makes cookie dough and other fillings for ice cream, has long sought to be welcoming to workers. The company has made it...

The worker shortage is tough on businesses, but it's a boon to people whose legal problems have made it difficult for them to find work....