By Joseph Carbone, Pres/CEO, The WorkPlace. CT Post Dec 18 2020. Long-term unemployment has an official definition — exhausting six months of unemployment benefits and remaining unemployed. It’s perfect language for statisticians, it’s quick data and few will demand...
From the office of Senator Richard Blumenthal. More information at: www.blumenthal.senate.gov/covid-19-resources With the reopening of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), many organizations in CT are providing no-cost assistance to small businesses seeking to...
Westfair Business Publications. By Kevin Zimmerman – November 8, 2020 Trying to remain competitive with other states has been a tall order for Connecticut – one that certainly has not been helped by the Covid-19 crisis. But Kelli Vallieres, named executive...
BRIDGEPORT, Oct 1 2020 – Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) today announced that The WorkPlace in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been awarded a total of $7,796,968 under the U.S. Department of Labor’s Senior Community...
CT Insider. By Michael P. Mayko Oct. 20, 2020 When Jean Maignan was released from prison eight years ago, fatherhood was the last thing on his mind. He was more focused on getting back to work and staying out of trouble. But in the next eight years, the children...
CTPOST. By Joe Carbone. September 3, 2020 Back up to March 6, 2020. The jobs report is issued, unemployment is at a half-century low and virtually all labor indexes were never rosier. Now fast forward to Dec. 31, 2020. Millions of Americans will exhaust unemployment...
