As many as 500 Idahoans will lose unemployment benefits this week, according to the state Department of Labor. That termination of benefits was triggered when Idaho’s three-month average unemployment rate fell below 8 percent. The Idahoans losing benefits are those who have been in the program the longest, and who are in its final phase. […]
Two-year postsecondary certificates hold more economic value in Idaho than in most other states. That’s according to a report released today that measures the value of vocational certificates. But, at the same time, Idaho ranks among the bottom ten U.S. states when it comes to the number of people with two-year postsecondary certificates. The report […]
By one measure, Idaho’s economy has regained the ground it lost in the recession. The state’s real gross state product (translation: the total value of all goods and services produced in Idaho, corrected for inflation) was greater in 2011 than it was in 2007. That’s according to the Idaho Department of Labor.
The U.S. Senate is slated to vote on an equal pay bill today. As The Boston Globe explains, the Paycheck Fairness Act would address the persistent wage gap between men and women by “requiring employers of companies with pay discrepancies to provide a reason for the gap.” Moreover, it would “bar employers from retaliating against […]
Tomorrow, we’ll air a broadcast story on a program you’ve probably never heard of. It’s called the International Organization for Migration U.S. Refugee Travel Loan Program. What is it? In short, it covers the cost of transportation for nearly all refugees resettled in the United States. (For this year, that could be as many as […]
For the last year, the Caldwell Economic Development Council has been working to establish a foreign trade zone to service Ada and Canyon Counties. About 50 business people, realtors, local officials and others gathered at the Caldwell Airport today to learn about the potential benefits. First they had to learn the basics. Just what is […]
Democrats in the Idaho Legislature again offered a slate of bills they said would boost economic growth and add jobs to the economy. They dubbed it ‘IJOBS’, and it’s not the first time they’ve attempted to get similar measures through. Democrats introduced the first round of IJOBS bills back in 2010. They all failed. This year, […]
The Idaho Department of Labor will receive a $1,045,000 federal grant to assist Idaho National Laboratory workers who lost their jobs late last year. About 600 people were laid off by three INL contractors, according to Department of Labor spokesman Bob Fick. The department estimates about 175 of those workers will seek help through its field offices. […]
The good folks at NPR’s Planet Money created this neat visualization of how the jobs we work have shifted over time. The clearest change is in manufacturing jobs. In 1972, they accounted for nearly 24 percent of jobs in the U.S. Now, just 9 percent of workers are employed in that sector. The proportion of […]
This truth still holds: women earn less than men. Despite decades of improvement, women who work full-time and year-round earn about 77 percent as much as similarly employed men. Where do women fare the worst? Financial news and commentary site 24/7 Wall Street has compiled a ranking of the cities where women are paid the […]
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