Articles Tagged: Iowa Workforce Development

Also, Reynolds issues disaster proclamation due to severe weather in three counties

IowaWORKS.gov replacing Teach Iowa as main listing for teaching jobs July 1

The governor, speaking to a gathering of 500 influential business leaders from across Iowa and the Midwest in downtown Cedar Rapids, pointed to a low cost of doing business in Iowa, a falling unemployment rate down to 2.7 percent and a record number of new business entities registered in the state last year.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for two more counties in response to Mississippi River flooding on Friday.

Iowa Republican state lawmakers in the House and Senate must now come together to close the gap on dueling proposals to lower Iowans’ property tax bills.

Also, new website aims to connect veterans with jobs in Iowa

Iowa Democrats and some state employees say they’re concerned a bill that was introduced to reorganize state government will cut too many employees from Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, which could eliminate federal funding and reduce the services available to some Iowans.

A year after enacting stricter requirements for Iowans who receive unemployment, a new Republican bill would require Iowans to conduct more job searches in order to earn benefits.

According to newly disclosed state data, 89 percent of the overpayments made last year were not the result of unemployment fraud, but of state decisions that were reversed on appeal or innocent mistakes made by Iowans seeking benefits.

The deadline for employers to apply for grants to provide English language instruction to employees has been extended to allow …

The new program is designed to help companies recruit and train new drivers

Iowa lost many older workers who are not being replaced by younger or new Iowans, the ISU professor says.

A report from an advocacy group uses state and federal data to calculate owed wages that are not paid to Iowa workers

Iowa lost many older workers who are not being replaced by younger or new Iowans, the ISU professor says.

Iowa Workforce Development said the number of Iowans taking part in apprenticeships is at a record high as the agency celebrates National Apprenticeship Week.