The Future of Work: Building a Government Talent Strategy for 2022
What State and Local Leaders Need to Know to Modernize Workforce Planning
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State Auditor Pat McCarthy has criticized the employment department director for imposing constraints on the audit investigating the agency’s slow response to the state’s multimillion-dollar loss to job benefit fraud.
The incoming administration’s ambitious goals of the nation becoming 100 percent clean energy and net-zero by 2050 could produce more clean energy jobs for rural Michiganders, especially for Detroit’s automobile market.
California’s employment agency faces hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefit claims fraud as scammers and inmates have filed for and collected jobless pay.
Women continue to leave the workforce to meet childcare needs at a disproportionate rate compared to men. Experts are worried this could create greater challenges in finding work and increasing wages in the future.
When federal unemployment aid ends on Dec. 31, the state’s benefits will return to a maximum of $275 a week. Republican lawmakers aren’t interested in increased benefits, while Democrats have proposed a substantial boost.
Even as job numbers continue to improve, the number of state residents collecting unemployment benefits at the end of October was approximately 25 times greater than the same time last year.
The number of people working in local government continues to rise at a slow pace, and remains well below last year's level. However, the incoming administration has promised to prioritize state and local government aid.
As the industry continues to grow, there could be as many as 3.5 million unfilled positions by 2021. To help fill this gap, Detroit’s cybersecurity industry is looking to find ways to build student interest and diversity.
State and local government workers were worried about their finances even before the pandemic. Helping them and their families navigate the impacts of the economy is more important than ever.
The U.S. added 638,000 nonfarm jobs in October and the jobless rate fell to 6.9 percent. While there is still a long way to go to return to pre-pandemic levels, many are hopeful with the economic gains.
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