The Department of Labor (DOL) announced on April 2 it would administer $76 million across roughly 163 grants to advance workplace readiness for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.Approximately $62 million will support employment training for adults, while the rest will fund programs that help develop academic and literacy

Workers in Maine can now apply to take time off through the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Program.The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) opened applications for the PFML program on Mar. 30, and will begin paying out benefits on May 1. Maine’s PFML program, which took effect on Jan.

If life’s a beach, then recruiters are currently caught in a riptide.Despite the recent hiring slowdown creating more competition in the job market, recruiters have confoundingly discovered that separating the wheat from the chaff has only gotten more difficult.Nearly three-fourths (72%) of global companies are experiencing a scarcity of qualified

For employers who’ve had to adjust their talent strategies to survive a flurry of challenges in recent years (skills shortages, AI changing the nature of work, and rising operational costs, to name a few), gig work, in its many iterations, paints a promising picture.Non-traditional forms of employment allow employers to