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According to the Kansas Department of Labor, Spirit AeroSystems non-union employees participating in the Shared Work Program will have Spirit file their…

Workers facing layoffs in New York state now have a right to ask their employers instead to trim all workers’ hours and have unemployment insurance help...

Like many Connecticut aerospace companies, Middletown-based Pegasus Manufacturing Corp. endured significant headwinds during the COVID-19 pandemic, as air travel curtailed significantly. In fact, Pegasus Human Resources Manager Francine Beaulieu said the company could have easily been forced to lay off a substantial number of its 92 employees, had it not made use of the state’s Shared Work Program, which offers an alternative to job cuts by allowing struggling employers to temporarily reduce worker hours and supplement lost wages with the help of partial unemployment benefits.

In some states, unemployment stays stubbornly high By Tim Henderson, Stateline.org Share: Furloughed hospitality workers from the shuttered Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla., demonstrate to preserve their jobs as management mulls the hotel's reopening. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS) The economic recovery is leaving millions of people behind, especially those with jobs depending on conventions, tourists and live performances. “It is a very sad situation. I can see why many lose hope and give up,” said Zuleika Lee, a former trade show model and mixo...

Image Jason Howey Then COVID-19 hit, sending airline passenger traffic into a tailspin, reducing it by as much as 90% in the early days of the pandemic. The situation foreshadowed trouble ahead for Burke, which relied on commercial aerospace for 80% of its business at the time. "We never thought people would stop flying and we'd all be walking around with masks on," said Burke Aerospace President Brittany Isherwood. But instead of panicking, Isherwood and her team pivoted into more stable sectors. She hired a Washington, D.C., consulting firm that helped her figure out how to attract more de...