Iowa Workforce Development News Releases http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/ Iowa Workforce Development http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:40:08 -0600 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0600 webmaster@iwd.iowa.gov Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined slightly to 6.6 percent in December from 6.7 percent in November, continuing a five-month streak of relatively stable unemployment... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=81 86A354AB-6C8F-4994-8B47-7DC3DB45E7B2 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0600 Iowa Workforce Development administrative and field offices will be closed to the public on Thursday, December 24th; Friday, December 25th, Thursday, December 31st and Friday January 1st http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=763 28887373-2F58-4CE3-83C8-F4647719CA04 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:33:10 -0600 Over Three Million Workers Will Lose Benefits in 1st Quarter of Next Year - Iowa Workforce Development Deputy Director Joseph Walsh Joins in Calling on Congress to Swiftly Renew Unemployment & COBRA Benefits - Today, the National Employment Law Project (NELP), the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Half in Ten Campaign released a report detailing the severe economic and human costs by state if key provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) – scheduled to expire at the end of the year are not renewed... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=761 E1313E4D-F4FF-451A-B52F-0BD7D48FED06 Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:26:33 -0600 Director Elisabeth Buck announced today that approximately 20,000 notices will be mailed from Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) to Iowans who may be eligible for the additional emergency unemployment insurance benefits of up to 14 weeks, if their previous benefits are currently exhausted. http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=759 DE16E859-A4A5-44A3-9F92-E9D06A64D204 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:09:53 -0600 Iowa Workforce Development announced that the unemployment contribution rate for employers will be adjusted on January 1, 2010 to keep the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund at sufficient levels to adequately provide for unemployment benefits. http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=738 7A0E0710-21A9-4755-83DD-09319939F54C Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:29:17 -0500 The 2009 State Report Card for Workers’ Compensation ranks Iowa as the most effective system in the nation. The rankings are distributed annually by the Work-Loss Data Institute. http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=729 778DAEE9-4438-412B-BFC2-2FF4AA12EDE9 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:38:00 -0500 Maximum weekly benefits paid to jobless Iowans and to workers injured on the job will increase July 5, 2009, announced Iowa Workforce Development. http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=704 2C8B066A-4E8E-46FC-94FA-BA814DB9B814 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:06:18 -0500 Iowa Workforce Development’s division of Labor Market Information recently released newly updated projections for the industries of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=689 63F45E04-70E2-4461-9540-AB811D97559C Wed, 6 May 2009 09:23:47 -0500 Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) officially launches the www.youthforiowa.org Web site to promote the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) youth summer job program. http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=682 EAF714EE-F208-402F-9553-8B83AF836C73 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:29:04 -0500