The following is an alert issued by Laura Hart, Communications Manager for the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training : The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training warns its unemployment insurance and temporary disability insurance customers to be on the alert for bogus text messages claiming that the department has canceled their ...

Town of Wheatfield attorney Robert O'Toole has formerly objected to a claim for unemployment benefits filed on behalf of former Town Justice and current supervisor candidate Robert Cliffe who insists the request for financial help through the state Department of Labor relates only to his private-sector occupation, not his time behind the bench.

The United States Department of Labor this morning updated its website to include brand new information about the COBRA subsidy extension that was passed at the end of 2009.

Among the new documents:

• Updated Fact Sheet (useful for employers) 
• FAQs for employees and employers
• A new job loss poster

At the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce luncheon June 28, state Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Click Bishop asked a room full of employers how many of them were committed to hiring Alaskans.

Richard Martinez looks for work at the new York State Department of Labor employment centre amid a "frail recovery". Picture: Getty Images A SHADOW fell across America's economic recovery as the Labor Department's monthly report showed that job growth was weak in the private sector, provoking a precipitous sell-off in the sharemarkets.