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• What to do if your unemployment claim is challenged by the company that laid you off

  
  Workforce Developments — Authority: 119
  As if being laid-off and being hung up on repeatedly by an overloaded unemployment benefits phone system was bad enough, employers are now filing challenges against claims by their former employees at a higher rate than ever. Back in February I reported on data from the Urban Institute showing that fully one quarter ...
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• Business could push to keep pressure off overseas child labor

  
  Labor is Not a Commodity — Authority: 415
  By Luke Engan, student, Georgetown University Law Center Business lobbyists could be revving up to oppose a ban on importing goods made with forced labor, child labor or prison labor, according to media reports that provoked alarm from Rachel Maddow and Stephen Colbert . Maddow slammed the businesses who would ...
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• Unemployment Calls Overwhelm Server (CT Unemployment is supposedly down, too)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Unemployment Calls Overwhelm Server. Unemployment claims have been flooding into the state Department of Labor, dragging the filing system to a crawl. “Due to the high volume of claim filing, you may experience some difficulty filing your claim via the Web or by telephone. We apologize for any inconvenience,” the ...
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• Unemployment Calls Overwhelm Server (CT Unemployment is supposedly down, too)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Unemployment Calls Overwhelm Server. Unemployment claims have been flooding into the state Department of Labor, dragging the filing system to a crawl. “Due to the high volume of claim filing, you may experience some difficulty filing your claim via the Web or by telephone. We apologize for any inconvenience,” the ...
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• Study: Most employers not complying with ERISA regs

  
  Work Fanatic — Authority: 145
  The majority of U.S. employers with 100 or more employees do not comply with ERISA — leaving them wide open to a potential slew of federal fines, found a recent study. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) imposes strict requirements on employers sponsoring 401(k), group life, medical, dental and ...
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• Webinar: “New ARRA Extension Created By Congress”

  
  Benefit Blog — Authority: 120
  Join eCOBRA for A One-hour Webinar on the New ARRA ExtensionOn Saturday, December 19, the Senate passed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act. This Act includes an extension of the ARRA COBRA subsidy for qualified individuals.  In this Webinar, our COBRA experts will walk you through the requirements for ...
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• Information Technology Employment Outlook for Washington DC

  
  That was HOT! — Authority: 125
  Information Technology Employment Outlook for Washington DC The information technology (IT) field covers a vast range of employment opportunities. According to the U.S. Department of Labor statistics 264,000 jobs were held by computer and information systems managers in 2006. The amount of jobs available in this ...
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• Unemployment funds going ‘absolutely broke’

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 544
  40 state programs to be emptied by the jobless tsunami within two years By Peter Whoriskey updated 2:08 a.m. ET, Tues., Dec . 22, 2009 The recession’s jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections, 40 state programs will go broke within two years and need ...
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• November unemployment rate falls to 10.3 percent

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 511
  Seasonally adjusted Rate down 0.2 percentage points from October NASHVILLE – Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for November was 10.3 percent, down 0.2 percentage point from the October rate of 10.5 percent. “As the ...
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• President Obama Signs FY 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3288)

  
  Washington Labor & Employment Wire — Authority: 417
  On Wednesday, December 16, President Obama signed into law the Fiscal Year 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3288) .  This omnibus appropriations legislation provides additional funding to the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, among ...
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• LI job market improves

  
  Long Island Business News — Authority: 145
  Long Islands labor market showed signs of life in November, with job losses narrowing and unemployment dropping below 7 percent for the first time since June.The Island shed 30,600 jobs in the 12 months ended in November, which is still a significant loss but the smallest contraction the region has seen since March, ...
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• Health and Safety Distance Learning – Study Online for this Socially Responsible Technical Career

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 454
  Both the demand and the available options for Health and Safety Distance Learning are high in USA, thanks to the growing public demand for wider and stricter regulations from the government’s side to ensure safe and healthy workplaces. Career options include Health & Safety Specialists, and Health & ...
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• DOL Announces Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda for EBSA

  
  Washington Labor & Employment Wire — Authority: 417
  On December 7, 2009, the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (”EBSA”) published its semi-annual regulatory agenda for regulations selected to be reviewed or developed over the next twelve months. Included in the agenda are the following significant regulatory items in the final rule ...
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• Real unemployment rate is far higher than the headlines

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 765
  Filed under: Economy According to recent reports, the unemployment rate fell from 10.2% to 10% . But is unemployment really falling? Although it seems like toting up the numbers should be fairly straightforward, it turns out to be a complicated calculation. There are several inherent difficulties in calculating ...
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• Online application available to apply for extension of unemployment benefits

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 511
  Approximately 25,000 Tennesseans eligable for additional benefits NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is on schedule to complete the online applications for the latest federal extension of unemployment benefits. The application will be available on the Tennessee ...
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• Departmen of Labor Report Projects Job Growth in Two Sectors

  
  EmploymentSpectator — Authority: 135
  According to a report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the two sectors that will experience the broadest job growth over the next decade are professional and business services and health care.   More than half of all new jobs over the next ten years are expected to come in the service industry.  ...
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• DOL Announces Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda

  
  Washington Labor & Employment Wire — Authority: 417
  On December 7, 2009, the Department of Labor (DOL)’s Employment Standards Administration (”ESA”) and Employment and Training Administration (ETA) published their semi-annual regulatory agenda for regulations selected to be reviewed or developed over the next twelve months. Included in the agenda are the ...
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• Obamas Style of So-Called Leadership: "Mr. Contractor, Tear Down Those Employee Rights Notices"

  
  National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation - — Authority: 510
  President Barack Obamas efforts to transition the Department of Labor into a giant, taxpayer-funded extension of Big Labors organizing and political fund-raising machine just hit another milestone. President Barack Obamas January 30, 2009 executive order , aimed to help union bosses seize more forced dues revenue ...
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• Labor Department Says Focus is on Worker Safety, Fair Wages

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 635
  New rules to improve workplace safety, monitor employer compliance, track ergonomics injuries, bring union-busting consultants out of the shadows and ensure fair wages and overtime pay top the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulatory agenda . Says Labor Secretary Hilda Solis in a video statement on the ...
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• Contractor’s Insurance

  
  Bizcovering — Authority: 124
  One of your mottos as a property manager is: plan for the best and prepare for the worst. This approach is an important part of your daily routine. When your association decides to launch a construction project, preparing for the worst becomes critical. That’s not to say that construction companies are guaranteed to ...
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