Mar 20, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
Pennsylvania – On Thursday March 9th, Governor Tom Wolfe’s Administration filed a lawsuit against IBM for breach of contract. In a public statement Governor Wolf said “Pennsylvania taxpayers paid IBM nearly $170 million for what was supposed to be a comprehensive,...
Mar 20, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
In just two weeks’ time, the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits catapulted from just 20,000 to 243,000 which is well above economists’ predictions of unemployment claims coming in around 238,000. This new stat may come as a surprise since U.S....
Mar 20, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
Connecticut – On Wednesday March 8th, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) sponsored a lobbying event that discussed, amongst other issues, a new unemployment compensation bill. The bill proposes that employees would be eligible for 12 weeks...
Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
New Jersey – A recent Appellate Court ruling determined that a plaintiff-employee’s unemployment benefits were incorrectly credited against a verdict he obtained in a discrimination suit against his former employer. Rex Fornaro was formerly employed as a...
Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
New Haven, CT – After initially being denied unemployment benefits in September 2015, Nichole Jefferson, former Executive Director of the Commission on Equal Opportunities, has won the city’s second appeal of unemployment benefits. Principal Appeals Referee...
Mar 2, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
The House has passed a resolution (H.J. Res. 42), sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) expressing disapproval of a Labor Department rule restricting state government from requiring drug testing for those applying for unemployment compensation. The vote, on Feb. 15,...
