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Sep-06-19    Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Falsifying Records to Cheat Workers Out of $155,000 by Not Paying Prevailing Wages (from the Office of the Attorney General)

Sep-03-19    Number of NJ Apprentices Tops 8,000 As Labor Department Welcomes New High-Tech Trainees

Aug-15-19    NJ Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.3 Percent in July, Below National Rate

Aug-13-19    NJ Labor Department Announces $6 Million Notice of Grant Opportunity to Train Incumbent Frontline Employees

Aug-09-19    NJ Labor Department Returns $170,000 in Back Wages to Laborers and Carpenters After Investigation into Trenton Construction Project

Aug-07-19    Labor Investigation: Underpaid NJ Workers to Get Nearly $111,000 in Back Wages

Jul-18-19     Employment Rebounds in June; Unemployment Rate at Historically Low 3.5 Percent

Jul-16-19     Governor Murphy Announces New Registered Apprenticeship Program to Support Fusion Energy Research

Jul-10-19     Tri-State Labor Departments Form Alliance to Protect Workers and Employers

Jul-09-19     Governor Murphy Releases Report on Employee Misclassification

Jul-03-19     NJDOL Recovers $133K in Back Wages For Supermarket Employees

Jul-01-19     Governor Murphy Marks Statewide Minimum Wage Increase Taking Effect Today 

Jul-01-19     Labor Commissioner Ushers in Minimum Wage 

Jun-28-19    NJDOL, Public-Private Partners Receive Federal Grants to Expand Apprenticeships

Jun-27-19    NJDOL and Attorney General Send Letter to NJ Employers as Minimum Wage Increase Takes Effect

Jun-27-19    NJDOL Recovers $30,000 in Back Pay After Investigation Finds Employer Misclassified Workers

Jun-20-19    Private-Sector Employment Dips in May

May-22-19 NJ Labor Department Returns $162K in Back Wages to Truck Drivers After Prevailing Wage Violation Investigation

May-22-19   NJDOL Presents “Stay Out, Stay Alive” Mine Safety Training Program to Garden State Schools

May-20-19 NJ Labor Department Recoups $500K in Unpaid Overtime for Landscape Company Employees

May-16-19 Employment Advances in April

May-15-19 Gov. Murphy announces $3M in Labor Department grants to train apprentices in non-traditional business sectors

May-15-19 Labor Commissioner Reaffirms Position on Worker Classification in Response to NLRB Advice Memorandum

Apr-24-19 Public works contractor who underpaid employees agrees to pay $150K in back wages 

Apr-18-19 New Jersey Employment Records Modest Gain in March

Apr-18-19 NJDOL announces $3.9M to fund job training in counties hit by opioid crisis

Apr-11-19 Recent Cases Demonstrate NJDOL Crackdown on Dishonest Public Works Contractors

Apr-09-19 NJ Labor Department Launches $2M Summer Youth Employment Program

Mar-21-19 Unemployment Rate Holds at 4.0 Percent in February 

Mar-20-19 Labor Commissioner & Consumer Affairs Alert Garden State Accountants on Misclassification this Tax Season

Mar-11-19 Garden State Employment Increases in January

Feb-06-19 NJ Labor Department Sponsors Job Fair for Marcal Workers

Jan-17-19 Employment Lower in December

Jan-14-19 NJDOL Announces $3M Pre-Apprenticeship Training Grant to Prepare Individuals to Succeed in Registered Apprenticeships

Jan-10-19 Furloughed Federal Workers May Be Eligible to Collect Unemployment Benefits 

Jan-08-19 Maximum Benefit Rates for Unemployment, Temporary Disability, Family Leave, and Workers’ Comp Rise in 2019

Dec-20-18 New Jersey Employment Remains Stable in November

Dec-19-18 NJ Labor Department, OSHA Form Alliance to Better Protect Workers

Nov-16-18 NJ Department of Labor Celebrates National Apprenticeship Week

Nov-15-18 Employment Continues to Advance in October

Oct-29-18 Earned Sick Leave Law Goes into Effect in NJ

Oct-24-18 Governor Murphy Announces $4.5M in Grants to Develop, Grow Apprenticeships in High-Demand Industries

Oct-18-18 New Jersey Employment Shows Modest Gain in September

Oct-12-18 NJ Department of Labor Announces Minimum Wage Increase

Sep-20-18 New Jersey Employment Shows Modest Increase in August

Sep-18-18 Labor Department Publishes Proposed Earned Sick Leave Rules

Sep-11-18 NJ Labor Department Honors 34 Employees Who Aided in Post-9/11 Recovery

Aug-21-18 NJ Labor Department Opens One-Stop Career Center at Warren County Community College 

Aug-16-18 Employment Advances in July

Aug-10-18 NJ Labor Department, USDOL Ink Agreement to Work Together to Protect Businesses and End Exploitation of Workers through Misclassification

Jul-19-18 New Jersey Employment Stable in June

Jun-21-18 Asaro-Angelo Sworn in as Labor Commissioner

Jun-14-18  New Jersey Employment Increases in May 4.4 Percent Unemployment Rate Marks 10-Year Low

May-17-18 Unemployment Rate Dips to 4.5 Percent in April 

Apr-25-18 Department of Labor Announces $300,000 Grant to Help Women, Minority Veterans Secure Permanent Employment in Construction Trades

Apr-19-18 New Jersey Employers Add to Payrolls in March

Mar-29-18 The ability to register for an appeal hearing online.

Mar-29-18 "The Department of Labor and Workforce Development is very excited to work with Governor Murphy"

Mar-26-18 Senate Confirms Asaro-Angelo as Commissioner of Labor

Mar-22-18 New Jersey added jobs in February fueled by growth in the private sector

Mar-12-18 Annual Employment Revisions Show More Job Growth in 2017

Mar-05-18 NJ Department of Labor Announces $300,000 Helmets to Hardhats Grant to Support Women and Minority Veterans in Construction Trades

Jan-18-18 Unemployment Rate Edges Lower to 5.0 Percent

Jan-11-18 NJ Department of Labor Awards $3 Million in Grants to Manage Ten Talent Networks in the Garden State’s Key Industries

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