Some 75 businesses, schools and community-based organizations statewide have been awarded nearly $9.5 million as part of the state’s Workforce Development Initiative, including five in the Rochester and Finger Lakes Region. “The economic impact of COVID-19 has completely upended the ...

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The New York State Department of Labor this week said that payments for the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program, which provides an additional $300 in weekly benefits to unemployed New Yorkers, will begin next week. Up to 2.4 million New ...

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New York state in March recorded the largest month-over-month drop in private-sector jobs since the Great Recession, data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows. Preliminary results from the DOL’s business and household surveys for March show that the number ...

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Stunning. Breathtaking. Unprecedented. Words usually associated with a movie, a work of art, an NFL upset are now being used by economists to describe unemployment claims. When the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday released its weekly number of new ...

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More than five dozen businesses, community colleges and organizations will share $3.4 million in funding for workforce development this year as part of the state’s historic $175 million Workforce Development Initiative. Funding is provided by the state Department of Labor, ...

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Rochester ended the year on a high note, with more jobs and a lower unemployment rate, the state Department of Labor reported this week. Rochester gained 2,700 nonfarm jobs from December 2017 to December 2018, or 0.5 percent, not seasonally ...

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Rochester’s economy remained strong in September, with growth in private sector jobs and another dip in the unemployment rate, the state Department of Labor reported recently. Rochester’s six-county metro region gained 6,900 nonfarm jobs, or 1.3 percent, from September 2017 ...

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Rochester’s economy continues to thrive, with an uptick in jobs and a decrease in the unemployment rate, the state Department of Labor reported this week. The Rochester metro area gained 6,300, or 1.2 percent, nonfarm jobs and 6,000, or 1.3 ...

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Rochester’s economy continued its growth spurt in July, with a drop in the jobless rate and soaring private sector job gains. The Rochester region ranked near the top among the 15 metro areas statewide for its percentage growth in jobs ...

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The Rochester metro area continued to thrive economically in June as job growth improved and unemployment dipped. Rochester’s jobless rate dropped to 4.3 percent in June, mirroring a statewide trend, the state Department of Labor reported. The area added 8,800, ...

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The Rochester-area economy improved significantly in May with a steep drop in the unemployment rate and the third largest increase statewide in the number of private sector jobs, the state Department of Labor reported this week. Rochester’s jobless rate last ...

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Rochester’s economy showed some improvement in January, adding the third highest number of jobs among upstate regions, the state Department of Labor reported this week. Following several months of private-sector job losses, the Rochester metropolitan region—which includes Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, ...

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The upstate economy took a hit in December, with nearly all counties across New York experiencing at least a slight uptick in the unemployment rate, preliminary data from the state Department of Labor shows. The Rochester metro area—which includes Livingston, ...

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Rochester was one of three metropolitan areas statewide last month to lose private-sector jobs, and one of five with an increase in the unemployment rate, the state Department of Labor reported this week. The Rochester area—which includes Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, ...

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