Articles Tagged: Iowa Workforce Development

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.

Erroneous payments were made during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic when unemployment claims surged as businesses closed

Remarks from two state agency directors came at The Gazette's virtual Iowa Ideas conference, which continues Friday.

Higher interest rates increase the cost of doing business, which leads to a slowdown in all aspects of business, including hiring, and sometimes leading to layoffs.

Iowa Workforce Development recently announced plans to buy a 32-foot-long, custom-built bus to deliver workforce assistance to all corners of the state.

Also, the state workforce agency has created a new division for working with businesses on employment issues

Unemployment insurance rates for Iowa employers will drop to a 24-year low, beginning in 2023, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced this week.

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped to 2.6 percent in June, Iowa Workforce Development said Thursday.

Federal regulators are fining Bank of America $225 million for freezing the unemployment benefits of thousands of jobless individuals in Iowa and 11 other states during the pandemic.

On June 26, the IowaWorks.gov website went down due to a cyberattack aimed at Geographic Solutions Inc., or GSI, the Florida-based company that maintains the site.