New England Culinary Institute, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year, is set to wind down and eventually close, in part due to economic challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students, faculty and staff of the Montpelier-based culinary school were informed in an letter. In the message, seen Monday morning on the institute s website, NECI President Milan Milasinovic announced that the institute would discontinue all of its credit-bearing programs. Unfortunately, the pandemic proved to be the burden that we could not overcome, said Milasinovic in the letter. Upon closing its eateries and retail operations in March due to state restrictions, he said, the school lacked the ability to continue to delivery a college level, hands on culinary education to its students.New England Culinary Institute was founded in 1980, beginning in the kitchens of the Vermont Department of Labor (then known as the Vermont Department of Employment and Training) before branching
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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims our on their typical holiday season roller coaster. Claims fell last week after the previous week s spike of 2,013, but have been trending up consistently the last two months. Claims fell 579 to 1,434 last week (up 895 from the same time last year).
As for the week s ongoing jobless claims, for the week ending December 12, 2020, the Labor Department processed 13,343 claims, down 608 from the previous week and 9,235 more than the same time last year.
As for further comparison, initial Vermont claims for the week of March 21, 2020, were 3,784, up 3,125 from the week of March 14.
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MONTPELIER â One of three federal programs that pays unemployment benefits to Vermonters has been curtailed in the Green Mountain State by the U.S. Department of Labor, according to Gov. Phil Scottâs office.
In a press release, Scott said the administration learned at 5:52 p.m. Friday that the Extended Benefit program, intended for unemployed workers whose standard 26-week benefits have run out, will be shut off as of Saturday, Dec. 19.
Based on Vermont Department of Labor data, that will directly affect 885 people who filed in the Extended Benefits program for the week ending December 5.
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Unemployment aid given to Vermont through the federally-funded Extended Benefits program will end after this week, Vermont s Department of Labor has announced.
The federal government established the benefits program due to job losses suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic and an increase in unemployment claim filings.
The U.S. Department of Labor notified Vermont officials late last weekend that the state s unemployed population had dropped below the threshold needed to receive extended unemployment benefits. As a result, this week will be the final week that benefits through the program will be available.
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