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With the end of COVID-19 finally in sight, employers are probably counting the days until their offices reopen. However, a new survey finds they shouldn’t expect their workers to come flowing through the door — even after the pandemic. In fact, 58 percent of remote workers now say they would look for a new job […]

The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded more than $146 million to workforce agencies in 48 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia to operate their Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments programs. RESEA is an evidence-based program focused on individualized assessments, reemployment services and referrals to support an individual who is receiving

Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered over 110,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry, into forced incarceration. One of these individuals was IAWP member, Ben Takeshita. Ben spent four years in an internment camp. Today, Ben shares his story because he feels remembering this era will prevent it

You can probably guess that losing a job late in life affects your finances and your mental health. But did you know that it can also affect your weight? A new study shows that late-career job loss combined with genetic risk can cause fluctuations in a person’s body mass index (BMI). “We find that similar to race,

When it comes to technology in the workplace, many researchers have concentrated on the work process – how easy it is to automate aspects of a job. But, new research by Associate Professor Adam Seth Litwin and Sherry M. Tanious ’17 shows how technology has further eroded the “employment relationship” — the ways that employers relate to

The Department of Justice has received reports that fraudsters are creating websites mimicking unemployment benefit websites, including state workforce agency (SWA) websites, for the purpose of unlawfully capturing consumers’ personal information. To lure consumers to these fake websites, fraudsters send spam text messages and emails purporting to be from an SWA and containing a link.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration today announced the issuance of an Unemployment Insurance Program Letter that provides new guidance to states on identity verification for unemployment insurance claims. The guidance follows unprecedented increases in UI claims amid the pandemic and related surges in fraudulent filings in states’ systems by sophisticated criminal rings using stolen or

President Biden announced his American Jobs Plan this morning. One of  the plan’s primary provisions is to invest $100 billion in workforce development programs. According to the White House, the workforce development provisions in the Presidents plan will: Pair job creation efforts with next generation training programs. President Biden is calling on Congress to invest in

Legislation has been reintroduced to help more individuals afford high-quality workforce training and credentialing programs. The Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act would give individuals across the country the freedom to use their “529” savings plans to cover the costs of certain workforce training and credentialing programs. Additionally, the bill would allow students to use

Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh was sworn in as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Labor on March 23, 2021. Secretary Walsh visited an American Job Center and met with frontline workers who have spent the past year connecting people with critical unemployment benefits. He sent a special message to State Workforce Agency and Unemployment Insurance