Tag: Iowa Workforce Development
Workforce Roundtable offers strategies, resources for small businesses
Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) and IowaWORKS hosted a workforce roundtable on Nov. 15 for Corridor-based businesses to discuss the latest strategies and resources to...
Gov. Kim Reynolds announces initiatives to address child care shortage
In response to the growing child care crisis hitting the state, and with Iowa leading the nation in the share of households where both...
Iowa’s unemployment rate falls to 4.0% in September
Iowa's unemployment rate dropped to 4.0% in September, down from 4.1% in August and 4.7% one year ago, according to Iowa Workforce Development. The...
Workforce Roundtable details wealth of employer, employee services
Numerous resources are available from local and state agencies to help workforce leaders deal with employee shortages and skills development, and many aren’t aware...
Iowa’s unemployment rate remains at 4.1% in August
Iowa's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1% in August, staying above the U.S. employment rate which sits at 5.2%.
Across the board, Iowa's...
Iowa’s unemployment rate increases to 4.1% in July
Iowa's unemployment rate increased slightly from 4% to 4.1% in July, although the number of working Iowans also rose steadily last month by more...
Iowans’ unemployment and injury benefits increase
Iowa Workforce Development announced on Wednesday there will be an increase to the amount of maximum weekly benefits paid to unemployed Iowans and to...
Iowa to end federal unemployment benefit programs
Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today new measures to address the State of Iowa's severe workforce shortage. Starting June 12, 2021, the State of Iowa...