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‘How Being in JAG Indiana has Helped Change My Life!’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM_lCE-1das The Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program, operated in Indiana by the Department for Workforce Development, is a state-based, national non-profit organization dedicated to helping high school students of promise who have experienced challenging or traumatic life experiences achieve success through graduation. Some Hoosier students recently spoke about how the program has literally changed their lives. [...]

2023-06-08T10:30:29-04:00June 8th, 2023|
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JAG Indiana Students Discuss What the Program Means to Them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PraUiaxp84E The Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program, operated in Indiana by the Department for Workforce Development, is a state-based, national non-profit organization dedicated to helping high school students of promise who have experienced challenging or traumatic life experiences achieve success through graduation. JAG students from around the state recently spoke about what being in the JAG Indiana family [...]

2023-06-08T10:31:13-04:00May 23rd, 2023|
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Senate Pensions and Labor Committee Passes Unemployment Insurance Bill

HB 1152 – Unemployment Insurance Authored by Rep. Dan Leonard (R-Huntington) Sponsored by Sen. Phil Boots (R-Crawfordsville) Clarifies provisions concerning the overpayment of unemployment benefits resulting from fraud or failure to disclose wages and the forfeiture of benefits or wage credits. Chamber position: Support The latest: Two amendments were offered by Sen. Karen Tallian (D-Portage) in the Senate Pensions and [...]

2021-03-19T13:22:44-04:00March 19th, 2021|
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Why Is Indiana Saying No to Federal Unemployment Insurance Funding?

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana has failed to enact work share legislation multiple times in recent years. Now, with Washington throwing a lifeline to states that failed to act previously, the state is saying no once again – to the program and the federal funds and economic stimulus that comes with it. “Our state government leaders are showing exemplary leadership in [...]

2020-05-15T09:34:28-04:00May 15th, 2020|
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Indiana Chamber Stops Unemployment Insurance Tax Increase

The federal government considers Indiana’s current unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund balance of $650 million to be insufficient. The fed’s calculations show that Indiana should be somewhere between $1.7 and $1.8 billion. Moreover, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) calculates that the state’s balance will be around $1 billion by the end of 2020 based upon current forecasts [...]

2019-03-29T12:11:01-04:00March 29th, 2019|
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Labor Relations: DWD Delivers Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Update

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) recently presented an unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund update to the Interim Study Committee on Labor and Employment. DWD reminded the committee that structural changes were made to the system in 2011, that Schedule E ratings are mandated through 2020 and that the federal loan was paid off in June of 2016.  [...]

2018-09-28T12:34:20-04:00September 28th, 2018|
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