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  2. Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce ...

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    Leadership. The current Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development is Lauren Jones, who was appointed by Governor Maura Healey in January 2023.. Mission. The EOLWD missions is to enhance the quality, diversity and stability of Massachusetts' workforce by making available new opportunities and training, protecting the rights of workers, preventing workplace injuries and illnesses, ensuring ...

  3. Unemployment claims in Massachusetts declined last week - AOL

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    April 20, 2024 at 4:31 AM. Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims ...

  4. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Unemployment insurance in the United States, colloquially referred to as unemployment benefits, refers to social insurance programs which replace a portion of wages for individuals during unemployment. The first unemployment insurance program in the U.S. was created in Wisconsin in 1932, and the federal Social Security Act of 1935 created ...

  5. Unemployment claims, a key figure of economic strength, fell ...

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    Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell ...

  6. United States labor law - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Lincoln, First Annual Message (1861) Like slavery, common law repression of labor unions was slow to be undone. In 1806, Commonwealth v. Pullis held that a Philadelphia shoemakers union striking for higher wages was an illegal "conspiracy", even though corporations —combinations of employers—were lawful. Unions still formed and acted. The first federation of unions, the National ...

  7. How's the job market? Here's the latest unemployment ... - AOL

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    Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in Massachusetts last week compared with the week prior. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...

  8. Massachusetts economic outlook: How many new unemployment ...

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    Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in Massachusetts last week compared with the week prior. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...

  9. At-will employment - Wikipedia

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    In United States labor law, at-will employment is an employer's ability to dismiss an employee for any reason (that is, without having to establish "just cause" for termination ), and without warning, [1] as long as the reason is not illegal (e.g. firing because of the employee's gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability status).