Madison (AP) — State auditors say the Department of Workforce Development should step up efforts to ensure diversity in apprenticeship programs. The Legislative Audit Bureau found DWD has not consistently required local trade committees, which assign apprentices to employers, to ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.9 percent in June, its lowest since February 2009. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that the seasonally adjusted rate dropped from 8.2 percent in May. The state rate ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State statistics show all 12 metropolitan areas of Wisconsin added jobs and reported drops in their unemployment rate in May. According to the Department of Workforce Development, the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis area added 5,700 jobs in the ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Unemployment rates dropped in all 12 major metropolitan areas across Wisconsin in April. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported Wednesday that unemployment was also down from the previous month in every county except Menominee. Job ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s unemployment dropped in April and, according to state labor officials, 16,400 jobs were added in the largest one-month jump in more than 14 years. The state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate in April was 8.5 percent, ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate inched up in March, but state labor officials said there were gains in manufacturing jobs. The state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate in March was 8.8 percent, up 0.1 percent from February. That compares ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate in February is unchanged from January at 8.7 percent. The seasonally adjusted rate announced Wednesday by the state Department of Workforce Development is below the national rate of 9.7 percent. The department reports ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Benefits paid to unemployed workers will have to be cut and taxes on struggling businesses will have to go up to pay for a staggering number of claims due to ...

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Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman said a lot in the 18 minutes she allowed for an interview about the state’s prevailing wage law changes.

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By Paul Snyder Construction companies are disputing the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s claim it adequately prepared the industry for changes to the state’s prevailing wage law. The changes require contractors file monthly reports on prevailing-wage payments on public works ...

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