Tag: Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry

Economic Development

Unemployment Rate in Pennsylvania Lower Than a Year Ago

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate for January was at 4.3 percent, the same as in December, but it was 0.2 percent lower than the…

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‘Opportunity Abounds for Pennsylvania Workers’: State’s Unemployment Rate Decreases, Setting New Record Low

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) has released its preliminary employment situation report for December 2022.

The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania…

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Hundreds of Thousands of Pennsylvanians to Lose Federal Unemployment Aid After This Week

Federal unemployment aid, with its COVID-19 supplementary support, ends next week. Its exit from the household budgets of hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians will…

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Being Out of Work May Be Difficult, But One Piece of It — Filing Pa. Unemployment Claims — Is Getting Easier

Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry is readying a solution that should help soothe the frayed nerves of people out of work in the…

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Harrah's in Chester and Parx Casino Have Layoffs, Closure From COVID-19 Pandemic

More than 3,000 workers have been laid off from Harrah’s in Chester and Parx Casino in Bensalem in recent months, writes Daniel Urie…

Education

Award-Winning Teams from Local Middle Schools Learn What’s So Cool About Manufacturing

With the state and national focus on reviving the manufacturing industry in America, students from 16 middle schools in Chester County and Delaware County endeavored…

Commerce

Delco’s 5.0 Percent Unemployment Rate Lower than State Average

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry and its Center for Workforce Information & Analysis recently released an employment situation report, and it speaks to…