Dane County unemployment lowest in state
Madison also had the lowest unemployment among the state’s 35 largest cities at 1.5%.
Madison also had the lowest unemployment among the state’s 35 largest cities at 1.5%.
It’s the first time in nine months that the number of applications for jobless aid has been below 200,000 in back-to-back weeks.
The MI-TE Program is a paid, six-month-long program, where trainees learn in the classroom and hands-on field training in concrete flatwork, asphalt patching, and utility casting adjustments.
The governor is proposing a more than $50 million investment in Wisconsin’s health care workforce, as well as nearly $10 million for expanding clean energy job training and reemployment.
Summer school staff pay was increased from $25 to $28 last summer in response to a staffing breakdown that prevented about 600 students from attending summer school.
There are now plans to expand the company’s customer base and its Portage facility.
The United Auto Workers said union members in Racine, Wisconsin, and Burlington, Iowa, approved the deal two weeks after they rejected an earlier proposal.
Stockholm-based Spotify had benefited from pandemic lockdowns because more people had sought out entertainment when they were stuck at home.
Business owners are still concerned that the Fed’s decision-making could push too hard on the economy and potentially put the U.S. into a recession this year.
Over a 10-year period, ESOP companies have 25% higher job growth than comparable companies without an ESOP.
The state had 187,000 union members this past year, down from 215,000 in 2021.
The most significant issue the state currently faces is a labor force that has been flattening for decades and could begin shrinking by 2035.
It’s one of the company’s biggest-ever round of layoffs and adds to tens of thousands of other job losses recently announced by other tech giants.
The 2023 South Central Wisconsin Job Fair will be held Tuesday, Jan. 24.
Madison was the only one in the ranking to score a perfect 100 for the mental health metric.
The number of businesses projecting the Wisconsin economy to grow has dropped from 84% in summer 2021 to just 42% today.
STEM professions are expected to grow 10.8% between 2021 and 2031, compared to just 4.9% for all other occupations.
U.S. jobless aid applications for the week ending Jan. 14 fell by 15,000 to 190,000, from 205,000 the week before.
Under the new rules, French workers would have to work longer before receiving a pension — with the nominal retirement age rising from 62 to 64.
The layoffs will begin immediately, and the company will also be making changes to its hardware portfolio and consolidating its leased office locations.