Gov. Tom Wolf’s recent executive order recommends that Pennsylvania’s government agencies consider imposing a minimum-wage requirement on businesses for employers to qualify for state aid, a move that would severely impact the state’s small businesses during a time of recovery, according to two state business associations. 

For-profit businesses that receive assistance through the Department of Community and Economic Development will have to offer paid sick leave under an executive order signed by Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday. 

The Carbon Chamber & Economic Development Corp., will hold a Business Education Partnership meeting Oct. 28 to promote collaboration between business and education.

There is a childcare shortage in Pennsylvania and across the nation. The COVID pandemic caused childcare centers to shutter, many permanently. The extra unemployment benefits kept some caregivers from returning to work. Wages for childcare workers are low, pushing many to change careers. All of this is causing an economic squeeze on businesses here and across the country as workers who can’t find childcare stay home with their children.

Northampton Community College is offering programs for those looking for a new career and those currently employed.

Yusuf Dahl, with the help of Eric Luftig, managing partner of EBL Consulting, Hellertown, formed the Dyer Center Innovation Advisory Council to align educational efforts with employer needs.

Pennsylvanians will be able to access free online job training for subjects like marketing, project management, customer service and information technology through a new state program launching this week. The state Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) said it will be launching its SkillUp PA online job training program on August 14. The program, offered ...

Today’s businesses and organizations are not homogenous. The workforce is multi-generational with Veterans, Baby Boomers, Next-Gen, Millennials and Gen-Z workers. There are workers that do manual labor, handle a large variety and volume of paperwork, manage others, provide highly specialized services, work in the field rather than the office and perform a diversity of duties.

President Joe Biden today lauded Mack Truck, the United Auto Workers 677 and the Lehigh Valley for their efforts in growing American manufacturing during a visit to the Lower Macungie Mack plant.

Advanced Auto Parts distribution center in Kutztown has hired 13 employees with disabilities as part of a corporate wide program to improve diversity.