Hoping to repeat the success of a collaborative job fair initiative in February, Broward County Community Action Agency, Broward College and Work Force One will join forces once again to host a Career and Resources Job Fair Expo, Thursday, September 2, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Broward College North Campus Omni Auditorium, 1000 Coconut Creek Blvd., Building 60, [...]
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July 2010 is 11.5 percent, up marginally by 0.1 percentage point over the previous month. This represents 1,055,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,214,000. The June unemployment rate for Florida was 11.4 percent. This is down from an 18-month peak of 12 percent in January. In Broward, [...]
The District had been preparing to begin the 2010-11 school year with 536 teachers on layoff from the 2009-10 school year and 19 from the 2008-09 school year, for a total of 555 teachers on layoff status. However, since July 1st, the District has rehired 463. Of the 92 instructional staff members remaining on layoff, [...]
Attorney General Bill McCollum today joined Representative William Snyder, other legislative leaders and law enforcement officials to unveil proposed legislation aimed at curbing illegal immigration in the State of Florida. The proposed legislation will require law enforcement officers to check suspected illegal immigrants’ status in the course of a lawful stop, require Florida businesses to [...]
Agency for Workforce Innovation Director Cynthia R. Lorenzo today applauded Governor Charlie Crist for signing Executive Order 10-170, authorizing Floridians who qualify for Extended Benefits to resume receiving those benefits through December 4, 2010, as authorized by federal law on July 22, 2010. The Governor’s executive order is in response to this new law that [...]
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June 2010 is 11.4 percent. This represents 1,056,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,237,000. The unemployment rate is down 0.3 percentage point from the May rate of 11.7 percent. This is the third consecutive monthly decline in the state’s unemployment rate and the lowest rate since October [...]
A number of Broward County Public Schools bargaining units have voted in favor of a five to six days furloughs for the 2010/2011 school year to help the District with its budget shortfall. The Federation of Public Employees (FOPE) representing approximately 9,000 employees, including clerical, transportation, security specialists and campus monitors, and maintenance and facility [...]
Agency for Workforce Innovation Director Cynthia R. Lorenzo today issued an advisory warning Floridians to be wary of companies offering beach cleanup jobs for a fee. Recent reports indicate some Floridians have paid fees to submit applications or undergo training for oil spill-related jobs, only to later discover the advertised jobs were not available or [...]
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2010 is 11.7 percent. This represents 1,086,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,272,000. The unemployment rate is down 0.3 percentage point from the April rate of 12.0 percent. This was the second monthly decline in the state’s unemployment rate since February 2006.
Governor Charlie Crist today unveiled Florida Gulf Recovery Jobs, a Web site that allows job seekers to locate and apply for positions created in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Florida Gulf Recovery Jobs, found at www.floridagulfrecoveryjobs.com, is a dedicated portal through Florida’s official online job bank, the Employ Florida Marketplace, currently listing more than [...]
Agency for Workforce Innovation Director Cynthia R. Lorenzo today announced that AWI’s Labor Market Statistics Center is conducting the state’s first comprehensive business survey to identify green jobs in Florida. The Green Jobs Survey is being mailed to nearly 60,000 businesses in Florida. The survey results will establish a baseline from which to measure future [...]
The South Florida Diversity Job Expo, presented by The South Florida Employment Coalition Planning Board and DiversityJobsUSA will take place on Friday, June 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. inside the Renaissance Fort Lauderdale-Plantation Hotel, 1230 South Pine Island Road Plantation, Florida 33324. The free event (parking too!) includes the following contests and features:
BP said today it will be sending a second advance payment during June to individuals and businesses along the Gulf Coast to compensate for the loss of income or net profit due to the cleanup of the Deepwater Horizon Incident in the Gulf of Mexico. With the second advance payments, BP estimates it will have [...]
Broward schools are investigating a high school principal who allegedly called a teacher while she was in the hospital to let her know she was being involuntarily removed from her job. The Broward Teacher’s Union was contacted after Hollywood Hills High School principal Chip Osborn called an unidentified teacher who was five months pregnant and [...]
From the Agency for Workforce Innovation Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April 2010 is 12.0 percent. This represents 1,113,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,282,000. The unemployment rate is down 0.3 percentage point from the March revised rate of 12.3 percent. This was the first monthly decline in the state’s unemployment rate [...]
Governor Charlie Crist today signed Senate Bill (SB) 1736, extending eligibility dates for the Extended Benefits (EB) program. The EB program provides unemployment compensation to job seekers who have exhausted all other available benefits and meet all requirements. Governor Crist announced that the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation will begin accepting EB applications at its [...]
From the Congressional Office of Rep. Ron Klein: The Klein amendment to the America COMPETES Act(Click here to see bill), which passed the House today, provides critical support to small manufacturing businesses in South Florida. Klein’s amendment is based on ideas brought to him by local businesses and groups like the South Florida Manufacturing Association. [...]
Update on this story here: http://browardnetonline.com/2010/05/crist-signs-unemployment-benefits-legislation/ The Florida House passed a measure that provides for an extension of temporary unemployment compensation (UC) for Floridians by providing 14 additional weeks of unemployment compensation benefits. This extension helps more than 100,000 unemployed Floridians and brings in more than $128 million to Florida coffers. Senate Bill (SB) 1736 [...]
The message was the same for Margate city workers represented by the Federation of Public Employees (FPE) and Margate police captains and lieutenants represented by the Broward County Police Benevolent Association: “What you’re making today, you’re making tomorrow,” Margate City Manager, Frank Porcella, told union representatives in the first round of negotiations at City Hall [...]
Update: Crist signs unemployment legislation: http://browardnetonline.com/2010/05/crist-signs-unemployment-benefits-legislation/ Agency for Workforce Innovation Director Cynthia R. Lorenzo today announced the agency has begun making additional federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) payments, less than a week after President Obama signed legislation extending eligibility dates for the program by two months. AWI Unemployment Compensation and Information Technology staff worked diligently [...]
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March 2010 is 12.3 percent. This represents 1,138,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,269,000. The unemployment rate is up marginally from the February revised rate of 12.2 percent, and up 2.7 percentage points from the March 2009 rate of 9.6 percent.
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2010 is 12.2 percent. This represents 1,126,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,251,000. The unemployment rate is up 0.2 percentage point from the January revised rate of 12.0 percent, and up 3.0 percentage points from the February 2009 rate of 9.2 percent. February’s unemployment rate is [...]
Looking to connect with new business? Find a job? Get some business training? Attend one of South Florida’s largest business trade shows ever. Six shows in one, the expo, produced by the Broward County and South Florida Chamber of Commerce, includes a South Florida business-to-business expo, an international trade show, a technology show, a health [...]
From the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation: Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 11.9 percent in January 2010, up 0.2 percentage point from the December revised rate of 11.7 percent, and up from 8.7 percent a year ago. January’s rate equals the May 1975 rate,
Stay up to date on Broward stimulus spending at: http://broward.org/Recovery/Pages/RecoveryActAccomplishments.aspx On February 16, 2010, President Barack Obama marked the first Anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Recovery Act is a combination of tax relief, financial assistance and infrastructure projects designed to cushion the impact of the economic downturn and lay a foundation for [...]
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