The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry is working to improve digital literacy skills for job seekers with an additional $1.53 million in Digital Literacy and Workforce Development Grants to support local programs. 

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry reported that the state’s unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percentage point over the month to 6.2% in September.  

Senior housing, health care and community services trade association, LeadingAge PA awarded $98,000 in workforce grants to nine of its members on Thursday. 

Thirteen Lehigh Valley employers are being recognized for their work in employing people with disabilities by the Lehigh Valley Employment Coalition. 

The combination of multiple disruptions and a global recession has created an even more competitive environment than ever before. The stakes for successful innovation have risen as high as life and death for many companies.

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.

Third-party logistics provider, Radial, has announced an ambitious hiring plan for its Lehigh Valley locations. 

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry has reported the unemployment rate was down one-tenth to 6.5%. 

Lehigh Carbon Community College will offer free commercial truck driver training to former and current military service members and their families.

Businesses with over 100 employees will need to either require their workforce to be fully vaccinated or require unvaccinated employees to take weekly COVID-19 tests as part of a new country-wide vaccination effort.