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Labor market recovery slowed during early February
Employment remains at only 68.6%
Labor market recovery slowed during the week of Feb. 7 through Feb. 13, according to Virginia Commonwealth University and Arizona State University economists. Between early January and early February, employment
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Va. initial jobless claims remain high
More than 18K Virginians filed initial claims last week
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Initial jobless claims filed last week were essentially unchanged compared with the previous week, but remain high compared with pre-pandemic levels, according to figures released Thursday by the Virginia Employment
COVID-19 workplace safety, health rules become permanent Wednesday
Includes some mask mandates, access to hand sanitizer, cleaning
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Permanent COVID-19 workplace safety and health rules take effect Wednesday in Virginia, Gov. Ralph Northam announced, including standards that require all public-facing employees to wear masks as well as requiring
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Rolls-Royce to pay $135K to resolve hiring discrimination dispute
Female applicants weren't selected for machine operator jobs at Prince George facility
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Reston-based Rolls-Royce North America Holdings Inc. has agreed to pay $135,000 in back wages and interest to 26 female applicants who were not selected for machine operator positions at its
Labor market continues recovery in mid-October
Fewer people are reporting an earnings loss
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Despite ongoing pandemic struggles, the labor market continued to improve during the week ending Oct. 17, but at a slower pace than at the start of the recovery, according to
Delegate plans to reintroduce quarantine pay bill next session
Del. Elizabeth Guzmán's bill would mandate quarantine pay for companies with 25+ workers
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RICHMOND, Va. — Del. Elizabeth Guzmán, D-Woodbridge, said she is no stranger to the struggles of low-paying jobs. Guzmán said she immigrated to the United States from Peru as a
VCU study: Labor market continues slow recovery
Employment has recovered to two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels, study shows
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The labor market continued to recover during the week ending Oct. 3, but at a slower pace than the start of the recovery, according to a report released Tuesday from
Nearly 29K essential workers exposed to COVID-19
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union calls on Northam to protect workers
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The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) said Friday that, among its 1.3 million members, 238 front-line workers have died from COVID-19 and nearly 29,000 workers have been
Nearly 3M Americans filed jobless claims last week
36M have filed initial unemployment claims during the last eight weeks.
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More than 2.98 million people in the United States filed initial claims for unemployment last week, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics, marking a total of more than 36
Nearly 150,000 Virginians filed for unemployment last week
Jobless claims in past three weeks are more than twice the number from 2019.
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As the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis continues, 147,369 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment last week, according to a news release Thursday afternoon from the Virginia Employment Commission.