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Due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Allegheny County, the PA CareerLink® Allegheny County offices will be closed to the public beginning November 9, 2020. We anticipate this to be a temporary closure, and sites will reopen as soon as the county’s positive COVID cases decrease to an average below 10 cases per 100,000 individuals.
Pittsburgh Business Times
September 15, 2020
By Earl Buford and Laura Ellsworth
Pittsburgh Business Times - September 11, 2020
By Nate Doughty of the Pittsburgh Business Times
August 5, 2020
Partner4Work (P4W) and several partner organizations have joined forces with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to make Pittsburgh the first city in the U.S. to launch IBM’s "Service Corps Reignite,” a career readiness platform to support businesses, job seekers, and non-profit organizations as they emerge from the economic disruption of COVID-19.
Partner4Work and its Board of Directors are committed to supporting social justice reform, empowering Black communities, and creating the pathways and mechanisms that allow for Black and Brown residents to have life-sustaining employment, access to advancement opportunities, and the business support needed to compete in the marketplace.
Under the leadership of business, labor, philanthropy, education, and economic development, the Ready to Work COVID Recovery Response Coalition continues to develop and drive the strategy and action steps to lead the region through the crisis and in the days ahead. This work provides the framework for mobilizing leadership, resources, and action across the city and county.
Source: Pittsburgh Business Times
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By Earl Buford and David J. Malone for the Pittsburgh Business Times
April 22, 2020
On Friday, Gov. Tom Wolf Governor Tom Wolf announced the PA Department of Labor & Industry (L&I)'s plan to implement federal unemployment compensation benefits provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARES Act temporarily provides an additional $600 per week, makes self-employed, independent contractors and gig workers eligible for benefits, and extends unemployment compensation (UC) benefits for an additional 13 weeks. A summary of Gov. Wolf's announcement can be found in Partner4Work's most recent policy briefing.
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This COVID-19-related policy briefing focuses on key updates from the CARES Act to the unemployment benefits program. This information is largely based on federal guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) on April 2.