KENOSHA — Employers and those looking for careers in healthcare are encouraged to attend the University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s Healthcare Careers Day 2023. The event looks to bring together employers in healthcare-related fields with those interested in pursuing careers in healthcare. Healthcare Careers Day 2023 will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 18, from 11 a.m. to […]
Tag: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Posted inCity Hall, Government, Local news
City moves to prevent election officials from spreading misinformation among actions taken Tuesday
RACINE — Local election officials now risk losing their appointment if they engage in the spread of misinformation following the adoption of the City of Racine Election Officials Handbook on Tuesday. The handbook outlines the duties of an election official and includes a provision that prohibits them from spreading misinformation about elections on the job […]
Posted inLocal news, Schools
State adds 14 new pathways to Youth Apprenticeship offerings
MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and Gov. Tony Evers’ office announced this week that the state’s high school juniors and seniors will now have 14 new occupational pathways for Youth Apprenticeship. “We have to make sure our kids have apprenticeship opportunities and different pathways to get the jobs and skills training […]
Posted inCORONAVIRUS
Pandemic-Related Benefits Payments End Saturday
WISCONSIN – Various economic benefits, available to residents through the federal American Rescue Plan Act, will officially end this Saturday (Sept. 4). These benefit payments were created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The benefits, administered through the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), include an additional $300 per week in unemployment benefits as well […]
Posted inGovernment, Local news
State Applies for Fed Unemployment Grant; Could Add $300 to Weekly Benefit
MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development on Friday applied for federal funding that could add $300 to the weekly unemployment benefits received by eligible residents. The grant application is for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Lost Wages Assistance Program, a disaster relief intuitive that includes assistance to workers who have lost jobs because of the […]
Posted inGovernment, Local news
Following denials, laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities now eligible for federal pandemic aid
Potentially hundreds of laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities are now eligible for federal aid that other unemployed workers have received during the pandemic. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) on Monday said it would begin offering Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) — a program under Congress’ disaster stimulus bill — to people who lost their […]
Posted inEmployment
Editorial: Making up with manufacturing
Plans for Wisconn Valley — anchored by a 20 million-square-foot manufacturing plant for Foxconn Technology Group — will change the region, but it’s also a sign of a bigger phenomenon. We are the cheap labor source compared to Japan, Mexico, Germany, Canada, and China. But that seems to be a largely self-created problem. We make more […]
Posted inBreaking, Community
Years Of Unpaid Lunches and Breaks at Heart of Wheaton Franciscan Complaints
Employees at Wheaton Franciscan Hospital-All Saints have filed complaints with the state and received back pay from Wheaton over discrepancies with their paychecks that had occurred — in some cases — for two years. Four employees from Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-All Saints have filed complaints with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development for not being paid for lunches that they […]
Posted inGovernment
New Unemployment Numbers Only Tell Part of the Story
While the unemployment picture throughout the state and eastern Racine County certainly looks rosier than it did a year ago, the recently released statistics from the state only tell part of the story. Unemployment in Wisconsin fell year-over-year; from 6.4 to 5.2 percent. The national average is higher, at 5.8 percent for the same time […]
Posted inBreaking
Racine County Unemployment Rate Remains High, Despite Overall State Progress
Racine County’s unemployment rate increased slightly to 8.7 percent in March, a .3 percent increase over February, according to the Department of Workforce Development. Meanwhile, Wisconsin fared better after it added thousands of jobs and the unemployment rate is at a five-year low at 5.9 percent in March 2014, down .2 percent from February. Still, […]
Posted inBusiness
$7.5 Million In Employer-led Training Grants Available For Businesses
Racine, Kenosha and Walworth county businesses looking to beef up their worker training programs can apply for grants through the Southeastern Wisconsin Workforce Development Board and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Job Service. The two workforce development organizations will host a regional employer information session about the Wisconsin Fast Forward grants from 7:30 to […]
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