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Pa.’s unemployment rate was 4.4% in February

BY: - March 24, 2023

The February unemployment rate is one-tenth of a percentage point above the January rate of 4.3%, according to the Department of Labor and Industry.

Pa. says it will extend popular program for job-seekers | Friday Morning Coffee

BY: - March 17, 2023

It's a ray of good news in a system long plagued by customer-service issues

Pa.’s unemployment rate at 4.3% in January

BY: - March 10, 2023

The commonwealth’s January 2023 unemployment rate is 0.2 percentage points below its January 2022 unemployment rate, data showed.

Pa.’s unemployment rate dropped to a record low of 3.9% in December

BY: - January 20, 2023

The commonwealth’s December 2022 unemployment rate is 1.6 percentage points below its December 2021 unemployment rate, data released by the state Department of Labor and Industry showed.

Wolf admin completes ‘first step’ in OSHA study | Five for the Weekend

BY: - January 14, 2023

The feasibility study, which was conducted through a collaboration between Indiana University of Pennsylvania and several state agencies, examined the five-year period from 2016-2021 and estimated the costs of adopting OSHA standards for commonwealth employees under the governor’s jurisdiction to be $54.8 million at baseline and $14.4 million for year one.

Pennsylvania Education Secretary-designee Dr. Khalid N. Mumin (Photo courtesy Gov-elect Josh Shapiro transition).

Shapiro taps suburban Philly superintendent for education chief

BY: - January 9, 2023

With days to go before he takes office, Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro continued to fill his cabinet on Monday, naming a suburban Philadelphia school superintendent to run the state Department of Education. The Democrat picked Dr. Khalid N. Mumin, who most recently served as superintendent of the Lower Merion school district in Montgomery County, as his […]

Pa.’s unemployment rate remained at record low of 4 percent in November

BY: - December 16, 2022

The commonwealth’s November 2022 unemployment rate is 1.5 percentage points below its November 2021 unemployment rate, data released by the state Department of Labor and Industry showed.

Pa.’s unemployment rate drops to record low of 4 percent

BY: - November 18, 2022

The commonwealth’s October 2022 unemployment rate is 1.6 percentage points below its October 2021 unemployment rate, state data showed.

‘We need to work together’: Lawmakers, labor leaders call for unity ahead of Labor Day

BY: - August 31, 2022

'This Labor Day, we have so much to celebrate, and yet, we still have so much work to do,' Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier said.

Pa.’s unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent in July

BY: - August 19, 2022

Department of Labor & Industry data confirmed that the commonwealth’s July 2022 unemployment rate is 2.1 percentage points below its July 2021 unemployment rate. 

Grants available for UC education, awareness, Wolf admin. says | Five for the Weekend

BY: - July 30, 2022

In June, the state was awarded $6.8M from the DOL for projects aimed at promoting equitable access to the UC program.

Pa.’s unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent in June

BY: - July 22, 2022

Department of Labor & Industry data confirmed that the commonwealth’s June 2022 unemployment rate is 2.1 percentage points below its June 2021 unemployment rate.