Employment
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Reed Speaks on the need to pass the Middle Class Tax Cut Act
Madam President, we all recognize the country faces many challenges. Too many of our neighbors are still looking for work, and too often those with a job have not seen a raise in quite some time. Indeed, for many years people in Rhode Island and across the country have a growing sense that there is too much focu...
Posted on 12/5/2012 | -
Reed Calls for Expanded Job Training & Back-to-Work Initiatives
In an effort to accelerate economic growth and connect the unemployed with job opportunities, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is continuing his call for more effective, integrated employment and training programs and for Congress to act during the lame duck session to prevent 2 millio...
Posted on 10/5/2012 | -
Obama Administration Issues New Guidance on Reed’s Layoff Prevention Law
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) today issued new guidelines on U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s (D-RI) work sharing law (also known as Short-Term Compensation (STC) programs). The new law provides federal support to expand existing state STC programs and helps more states dev...
Posted on 6/18/2012 | -
Reforming Unemployment Insurance to Protect Jobs and Incomes for American Workers
In his inaugural address, President Obama praised workers who “would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job.” But in most states, our unemployment insurance (UI) system discourages reducing hours in this way. ...
Posted on 6/18/2012 | -
U.S. Labor Department U.S. Labor Department advances Sen. Reed's 'work-sharing' initiative
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Posted on 6/18/2012 | -
Reed, NEA Chairman Tour Woonsocket Arts District
WOONSOCKET, RI - In an effort to bolster economic development through the arts, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman, the top arts official in the Obama Administration, today toured Woonsocket’s Main Street to get a firsthand look...
Posted on 4/10/2012 | -
Floor Statement on Unemployment Compensation Benefits
Mr. President, on April 5, the extension that was recently voted for extended unemployment compensation benefits will expire. We need to at least provide for a temporary extension while we await the resolution of a much broader piece of legislation that is in the House today which would provide for an extension...
Posted on 3/25/2012 |