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New Jersey Officials Delighted With Big Drop In State’s Jobless Rate

“We’ve gone from 9.3 (percent) two months ago to 8.7,” said state labor commissioner Harold Wirths. “That’s the steepest drop since 1977.”

2013/05/16

Pa. Legislature Considers Bill To Speed Up Unemployment Claims

Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Labor and Industry acknowledges missing the federal metric for first check issuance in the latest quarterly report card, but says the department had previously been criticized for paying claimants too much.

2013/05/14

Collecting Unemployment After Being Fired

You can lose your right to collect unemployment if you are fired for work related willful misconduct, a deliberate violation of the employer’s rules.

2013/05/09

Stigall Show Log 5.2.13

Chris details the story of a woman who has reappeared 11 years after walking away from her family, the decision to offer Plan B over the counter to girls as young as 15, and the third day of deliberations in the Kermit Gosnell trial. He also talks to Senator Pat Toomey, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, and Scott Wagner, owner of Penn Waste Inc.

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT–2013/05/02

Uneducated Means Out Of Work

In Philadelphia, over half a million adults lack the knowledge, skills, and credentials they need to get a job. They lost their jobs to changes in industry in this new, knowledge-based economy.

2013/05/01

Pa. Labor Force Falls Biggest Amount In 30 Years

The Department of Labor and Industry said Friday the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.9 percent in March, down from 8.1 percent in February.

2013/04/19

(Unemployed workers look through help-wanted ads in a Labor Department field office. File photo by Getty Images)

Philadelphia Unemployment Rate Lagging Behind National Recovery

“The recession started over five years ago, and we still are not anywhere near recovered,” says John Dodds, executive director of the Philadelphia Unemployment Project.

2013/04/05

(People seeking jobs wait in line to speak to over 60 employers at an employment fair May 3, 2012) (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages)

Author: Unemployment An Issue Because People Train For Wrong Jobs

Unemployment remains a stubborn problem and the head of a high tech staffing firm says one reason is too many of us train for the wrong jobs.

2013/03/23

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Councilman Wants To Keep Employers Out Of Jobseekers’ Facebook Accounts

Councilman Bill Greenlee says he has received calls from job-hunters who say the potential employer wanted a password to access their otherwise-private Facebook page or other personal info.

2013/02/22

A Difficult Time, A Difficult Workplace

I hear it more and more often from my patients…the work place is becoming harder and harder to tolerate – but what choice do they have?

2013/02/22

Colleges Should Require Business 101 For All Students

All employers – small and large – want graduates who have had some exposure to budgets. Business 101 is vital for college students’ futures.

2013/02/13

Pa. State Police Probe Possible Sabotage Of Jobless Hotline

Pennsylvania’s labor secretary told lawmakers on Tuesday that state police are investigating whether the state’s hotline for jobless benefits was sabotaged, even as she assured them that the problems plaguing it in recent months are improving.

2013/01/29

Report: Pa. Unemployment Rose In December, More People Seeking Work

The state Department of Labor and Industry said December’s unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent. The national unemployment rate is 7.8 percent.

2013/01/22