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The program helps employers avoid layoffs, keep workers employed WASHINGTON, DC (STL.News) The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $1,187,842 grant to the Connecticut Department of Labor to improve its Short-Time Compensation program and promote its advantages to the state’s business community. Also known as work-sharing, STC seeks to prevent layoffs by allowing an entire group of workers to receive a partial unemployment benefit payment while their employer reduces their hours. Administered by the department’s Employment and Training Administration, the grant will ena...

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Labor announced this week that the Indiana Department of Workforce Development is getting $100,000 in grants to expand Indiana’s fidelity bonding programs, which support employers that hire workers considered “at-risk” due to prior involvement in the criminal justice system, as well as those in recovery for substance abuse. These workers often face barriers in their attempts to return to the workforce. The U.S. Dept. of Labor issued a total of $725,000 in Fidelity Bonding Demonstration Grants to seven states and the District of Colum...

US Department of Labor guidance to state UI programs expands eligibility (Source: Giorgio Trovato) By KOLD News 13 Staff | February 25, 2021 at 12:38 PM MST - Updated February 25 at 12:39 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - In response to a directive from President Biden, the U.S. Department of Labor is issuing guidance to state unemployment insurance agencies that expands the number of instances in which workers may be eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. “Our nation cannot afford to continue compounding the already-devastating effects of the ongoing pandemic-related economi...