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HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Health recently announced a nearly $23 million federally funded contract with Insight Global to recruit, hire, train, and support 1,000 paid contact tracing …
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CHESTERBROOK, PA — Deacom, Inc., an enterprise software company headquartered in Chesterbrook, PA, is named one of Philadelphia Business Journal’s “2020 Best Places to Work” in the large company category. The …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue recently announced new features on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers.gov website designed to help facilitate the employment of H-2A workers.
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HARRISBURG, PA — Friday marked the 11th anniversary of Pennsylvania’s last minimum wage increase. The state’s wage floor has been stuck at $7.25 since July 24, 2009, when the federal …
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HARRISBURG, PA — With the additional $600 federal unemployment benefit about to end, the Departments of Labor & Industry (L&I) and Human Services (DHS) are reminding Pennsylvanians that other state …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) released its employment situation report for June 2020. Data collected for the June employment situation report was for the …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Governor Tom Wolf announced the availability of $50 million in grant funding to help employers provide hazard pay to employees in life-sustaining occupations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hazard …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service this week provided guidance in Notice 2020-54 to employers requiring them to report the amount of qualified sick and family …
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CHESTER COUNTY, PA — PA CareerLink® Chester County is expanding the virtual services provided to job seekers and employers and will offer limited on-site services by appointment only beginning Monday, …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — With school and summer activity schedules greatly altered as America continues to re-open in the wake of the coronavirus, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour …
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