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Labor Day is an opportunity to pay tribute to the many individuals have made lasting contributions and achievements to better Virginia workers — and to reflect on ways to strengthen their future.
Judaline Cassidy believes in the power of tools. She's a full-time plumber for New York City's housing authority. And in her off-time, she enc…
The Roanoke Regional Partnership on Wednesday released its five-year strategic plan, Thrive 2027.
The harrowing details are all too familiar. On July 15 at 3:30 p.m., a driver going 85 mph on Interstate 95 near the Chippenham Parkway refused to stop for a Virginia State Police trooper. The car hit two others, ran off the road at Maury Street in South Richmond and fell 25 feet. The driver, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the car and killed, The Times-Dispatch reported.
The Biden administration will move to require that nursing home staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on Virginia’s already crumbling child care system.
The governor made the announcement on the Virginia Tech campus.
Throughout 2020 and into 2021, employment statistics and trends were pretty uniformly grim. Mass unemployment due to the Covid pandemic impacted workers across the spectrum—and often hit already vulnerable groups hard, like women, employees of color, and people who have disabilities. As the stats became clearer (and ever more alarming), one major trend line became […]
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Xaloy plans to rehire a number of past employees who already know their processes and machinery. Nearly all of the reopened plant's initial workforce of 20 people will be former Pulaski Xaloy workers.
Scott Robertson has been named director of marketing and communications for the United Way of Southwest Virginia.
Virginia, once again, has been named by CNBC as the best state in the country to do business, extending a reign that began two years ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a recession that threatened, but failed to cripple the state's economy.
Virginia, once again, has been named by CNBC as the best state in the country to do business, extending a reign that began two years ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a recession that threatened, but failed to cripple the state's economy.
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Employee benefits and how to ask for more than the typical.
Traci Blido, the current Director of Economic Development for Bedford County, has been selected to lead the region’s workforce development efforts.
Virginia manufacturers warned Thursday that their inability to hire workers is hurting production and could prompt them to expand automation to replace people on production lines.
Virginia manufacturers warned Thursday that their inability to hire workers is hurting production and could prompt them to expand automation t…
U.S. Latinas have left the workforce in droves as a result of the pandemic. That's according to a report by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politic…
Amazon is planning to recruit 10,000 more staff in the U.K. Amazon's total U.K. workforce will exceed 55,000 by the end of 2021, making it one…
