A new report released on Sunday from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute (BACEI) shows that federal health care reform will add tens of thousands of jobs to the California economy, contradicting a number of reports that the law will hurt economic growth. The report comes as the state announced the latest budget gap, continuing [...]
Mississippi Governor Bryant signed several new laws this morning designed to change the way workers are allowed to seek compensation if they are hurt on the job and give more tax credits to businesses. The three bills will go into effect on July 1 of this year.
Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence and the Ramapo Town Board today launched “The Ramapo Jobs Connector,” which is a new online jobs platform powered by TweetMyJobs. “The Ramapo Jobs Connector” will assist local job seekers in the Town of Ramapo and throughout Rockland County by offering an user-friendly online tool to facilitate their search for [...]
Maryland is likely to become the first state to ban employers from requesting the user names and passwords of social media accounts for potential new hires. The bill follows a public uproar after a jobseeker spoke of the request by a potential employer igniting a controversy about privacy and the limits of what can be [...]
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy has announced a new program designed to promote job creation by providing incentives to employers that hire unemployed jobseekers. 45 small businesses are already participating in the program throughout the state of Connecticut. The program – the Subsidized Training and Employment Program (STEP UP) provides two types of hiring incentives [...]
The National League of Cities (NLC) wraps up its annual congressional conference today after three days of meetings with municipal officials, members of congress and the President discussing issues facing cities and how to support America’s economy. NLC leaders called on the President to do more to support job growth in America.
Despite a variety of programs designed to reduce the cost burden on homeowners in the wake of the financial crisis, a new study from the Center for Housing Policy confirms that many working households are paying half or more of their income into housing costs. CivSource spoke with Laura Williams, research associate with the Center [...]
California state payrolls are up for 2011 despite massive layoffs and budget cuts. According to data from the Comptroller’s office many state workers got their first full paycheck in years as the state shifted away from forced furloughs and into new cost savings measures like hiring freezes.
Indiana is on the verge of stripping union rights and becoming a right-to-work state. The Republican-controlled House passed a bill on Wednesday that would ban unions from collecting mandatory fees from workers. The bill follows similar measures in other states like Wisconsin, which have drawn mass protests. The bill now goes to the Senate where [...]
Colorado has launched the Colorado Innovation Network, a new initiative designed to promote collaboration among Colorado’s public, private and academic institutions. The Network hopes to support economic development and job growth by attracting new businesses to the state. Governor Hickenlooper launched the network yesterday, noting that he wants to make Colorado the best state in [...]
