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“There are no employers in New Hampshire that we’ve really come across that are not talking about the housing issue as something that’s kind of a break on their ability to be able to recruit and retain workforce,” said Taylor Caswell, BEA commissioner, Tuesday at the department’s NH Economic Snapshot briefing, the first in a planned series.
Nov. 15 conference to highlight immigrants in the workforce
Attorney General John Formella has signed onto three national lawsuits challenging federal vaccine mandates that warn “millions” of resignations would follow if employees were forced to choose between their job and a COVID-19 vaccine. Gov. Chris...
More than 21,000 people in danger of losing unemployment benefits in New Hampshire after this week would continue getting checks under a bill Congress was working to pass as soon as Monday night. Many people collecting unemployment should receive a $300 weekly supplemental jobless benefit and be eligible for an additional 11 weeks of unemployment, if needed. Those who feared their benefits would be cut off after this week shouldnât expect any disruption in receiving their checks. âBased upon the initial language shared with states, there would not be a gap,â said Rich Lavers, d...
After the coronavirus pandemic shredded the stateâs economy and drove the unemployment rate to a hellacious 17.1% in April, the stateâs job market is bouncing back. âPre-pandemic, we were seeing many businesses struggle to find talent, and now more people seem to be on the market, but land their next role quickly, so we are seeing some talent shuffle from one company to another,â said Shannon Herrmann, senior recruiting manager at Alexander Technology Group in Bedford. âThere is still a talent shortage in New Hampshire in the tech sector,â she said. Novemberâ...