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With a common goal of strengthening communities through a qualified and engaged workforce, three of Gov. Deval Patricks Cabinet secretaries discussed what they were doing to get it done at a conference Thursday. Gregory Bialecki of Housing and
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Seven city manufacturers large and small have been selected to recei ve state workforce training funds, a move officials say will create 40 jobs and avert 35 layoffs. Speaking alongside Mayor Jon Mitchell and area officials, Secretary Joanne
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Updated 43 minutes ago Text size The state labor chief caught off-guard last spring by a series of Herald exposes that showed retired cops, vacationing teachers, election officials and others pocketing unemployment pay is vowing to close loopholes
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Concerned about cuts in federal workforce investment dollars and forecasting layoffs at local career centers, Mayor Jon Mitchell appealed for help Thursday to the state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. "Of the 16 workforce areas
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Although the Patrick administration has consistently pointed to a falling unemployment rate to underscore its message about an improving economy, a deeper look at jobs numbers tells a more textured story. Employment in the Bay State has remained
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Deval Patrick 's top labor adviser threw the administration's weight behind a proposal Tuesday that would require employers to allow workers to earn seven paid sick days a year, calling the proposal a basic right, arguing it would enhance workplace
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