Kirkwood Community College and IowaWORKS — the state’s workforce services network — have announced a new partnership that will create a shared Cedar Rapids location near Kirkwood. The IowaWORKS office at Lindale Mall will close.
Company says many impacted workers will have job options with T-Mobile.
The Whirlpool Corporation announced Tuesday it plans to lay off 650 employees from its Amana facility, effective June 1. That’s about one-third of the plant’s workforce.
In an emergency appeal filed Monday, the Republican administration argued the ruling should be put on hold because the judge didn’t have the authority to order some 16,000 probationary employees be hired back.
“To ensure we are best positioned to address our customers’ greatest needs now and into the future, we are taking actions to reduce costs and optimize our organizational structure globally. This includes conducting a small reduction of positions,” the company says in a statement.
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The judge’s order tells the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, the Interior and the Treasury to immediately offer job reinstatement to employees terminated on or about Feb. 13 and 14.
The mass firing of federal employees since Trump took office in January is pushing out veterans who make up 30% of the nation's federal workforce.
Iowa businesses would pay nearly $1 billion less to fund benefits for unemployed workers under a proposal by Gov. Kim Reynolds advanced by Senate Republican lawmakers.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa’s unemployment, labor force participation rate ticks up
Also, Iowa AG demands company stop suspected scam robocalls
In 2023, the gender wage gap between men and women working full-time widened year-over-year for the first time in 20 years, according to an annual report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a surprisingly strong 254,000 jobs in September, easing concerns about a weakening labor market …
Also, Iowa’s unemployment rate ticked up in August
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