Iowa Workforce Development News Releases http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/ Iowa Workforce Development http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:57:39 -0500 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:56:46 -0500 In light of recent, misleading information regarding Iowa’s unemployment benefits system, Iowa Workforce Development is setting the record straight... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=828 CCD97996-9CF7-4613-B6FC-A2673C42993B Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:56:51 -0500 Director Elisabeth Buck announced today that Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) will begin immediate work to reactivate approximately 16,000 Iowans who may now be eligible for additional weeks of Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits now that Congress has passed a deadline extension... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=826 FC94045B-51F8-47E1-898E-E1BE8D251892 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:56:43 -0500 Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June remained at 6.8 percent, and compared with 6.0 percent for the same month one year ago... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=81 86A354AB-6C8F-4994-8B47-7DC3DB45E7B2 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:00:00 -0500 Iowa Workforce Development is hosting the 2010 Workforce Conference on September 15,16, 2010. This day and a half conference will focus on the major issues many employers are facing as Iowa moves through an economic recovery... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=824 25B054F8-AB8D-446E-85BF-C3121C79549D Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:45:48 -0500 Legislation passed during the 2010 Session requiring Iowa employers to provide notification of a layoff or closure affecting 25 or more employees 30 days in advance is now in effect... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=822 031061F0-7591-4A46-8FF9-215BD9E974C6 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:34:42 -0500 Maximum weekly benefits paid to jobless Iowans and to workers injured on the job will increase July 4, 2010, announced Iowa Workforce Development. http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=818 2C8B066A-4E8E-46FC-94FA-BA814DB9B814 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:20:20 -0500 Iowa Workforce Development released the findings of a survey conducted in cooperation with Iowa State University on the effects of unemployment on Iowans. The survey findings showed high long-term unemployment was found, with 76 percent of respondents unemployed for over half a year... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=817 11BD87B4-2D3A-4F5F-BFDF-81031C6CEEB9 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:20:10 -0500 On January 29, 2010, Iowa’s Workforce Development Board was awarded $5,997,000 through a competitive grant sponsored by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for training, placing and retaining workers in renewable energy and energy efficiency industry sectors... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=811 440436EB-13C4-47DF-AC7A-DE8B1EBC9FC3 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:43:59 -0500 Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) received a $4.8 million grant from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to coordinate a youth summer employment program... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=802 11EAAAB4-F365-4E47-ACF4-F9D32EF6B0D1 Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:01:43 -0500 Iowa’s Unemployment Insurance Tax Bureau is getting a new online filing system, called My Iowa UI... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=801 4C1E58AA-798C-4194-89C4-8F6896F9BA29 Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:14:57 -0500 Pathways to Health Care Careers is a unique project designed to recruit, screen and provide training and support services to Limited English Proficient (LEP) refugees and immigrants in Iowa to help them pursue careers, with progression, in the health care industry... http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=794 B02CAC86-75B4-47D1-9DF4-D30C273E241C Thu, 6 May 2010 12:04:44 -0500 Iowans will gather Wednesday, April 28, 2010 to pay tribute and to reflect upon the lives of the Iowa workers who lost their lives in 2009 while at work. Fallen workers will be remembered at a Workers’ Memorial Day ceremony beginning at 11:00 a.m. at Iowa Workforce Development, 1000 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines. http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=791 32FBDCE9-1540-4B59-90EB-71B94E473006 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:51:55 -0500 The federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) poured millions of dollars into Iowa’s unemployment system and boosted the Iowa recovery by directly infusing more than $314 million into Iowa’s economy during 2009. http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=787 4A0AB721-2803-46E7-83E8-AA6FE7392E50 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:50:04 -0500