Workforce Development
Workforce Development is a key priority for local and state government agencies focused on enhancing their communities’ skills, employability, and productivity. By investing in training programs, education, and job placement services, governments can help create a robust labor force that meets the demands of evolving industries. This directory offers articles on workforce development and related topics, like economic development, which examines strategies for fostering job creation and attracting business investments to stimulate regional growth.
The 1–10 rating system sounds objective, but it’s vulnerable to personal bias and apathetic evaluators, while lacking any actionable path for growth
Local, state, tribal and territorial agencies can seek up to $125K per officer, with initial filings due June 25
House Bill 2015 would set aside funds from the state’s operating budget to help cities and counties hire new law enforcement officers
Berkeley, Calif.'s, construction wage theft ordinance could protect laborers and level the playing field for by-the-book businesses.
Labor advocates, laborers and academics are creating a wage theft app that will collect daily work data and crack down on employers committing wage theft.
One New Zealand town has a surplus of jobs and an affordable housing campaign creating an international stir.
By streamlining systems, work orders and other facilities admin tasks are easier and faster to manage and, they don’t get lost.
Governor Chris Christie proposes $250M in cuts to state employee healthcare, including teachers, to pay public worker pensions.
Mayor Marty Walsh, a former labor leader, worked with both parties to reach a deal and avoid a one-day nurses’ strike at Boston’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital.
The $300K in funding will support plans to help address a homelessness epidemic in Portland, Ore., with tiny homes.
Maricopa County, Ariz., launched the “Clean Starts” county work program to help former inmates support themselves without returning to crime.
A bill raising the city’s minimum wage to to $15 per hour by 2020 is expected to pass in the nation’s capital city.
Hiring has slowed down and jobs growth is at it lowest point in 5 years. Job cuts in manufacturing, construction and other industries.
10.4 million U.S. households do not earn enough to afford rent, according to a report supporting the long-term viability of the National Housing Trust Fund.
Measure blocks Arizona cities and towns from regulating worker benefits like bonuses, retirement plans, sick time, severance pay and more.
A Chattanooga, Tenn., coalition asked the city council to reconsider spending on police cameras and ballistics and instead fund youth jobs.
Chicago Teachers Union holds off on another strike. Teachers have been working without a contract for more than a year--negotiations continue.
San Francisco may be the most bus-reliant city, but Seattle saw a major spike in bus ridership from 2010-2014, ousting Chicago for second place.
Working women are still getting just .80 cents for every $1 that men earn--but in some cities, they make just as much or more.
