The 2023 Worksite Wellness Award Application is open (click here)! These awards recognize awardees in four categories. Applications will be scored based on employer size. We recognize the impacts of the pandemic on worksite wellness initiatives and there is space on the application to share about these impacts. The application deadline has been extended to […]
Workforce Training Grants Available to On-Board and Upskill Staff
The Vermont Training Program (VTP) helps fund innovative solutions to today’s workforce challenges. VTP grants can cover up to 50% of expenses related to training and up-skilling staff, including employee wages for time spent training on the job. Training can be on-site or through an outside provider and funds can even be used to establish […]
Survey Regarding Returning to Work After the Pandemic
In March, the Vermont Department of Labor contributed a series of questions to a statewide poll in order to learn more about the population of Vermonters that were in the labor force prior to the pandemic but have yet to return. In particular, VDOL was interested in why people have not returned. Click here for […]
Updated Guidance and Resources from the USDOL/OSHA
Good Jobs Summit USDOL spearheaded the Good Jobs Summit this week. The summit highlighted government policies it believes empower working people. The Departments of Labor and Commerce also released Good Jobs Principles. Click here to watch the summit, and click here to find the Good Jobs Principles. To learn more about the Good Jobs Initiative, […]
On the Wire | News and Analysis from the Web
Economic Indicators. US Census Bureau 6/3 NAM Pushes for Smart SEC Cyber Rule. NAM 6/3 “The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a rule that would impose new cybersecurity disclosure requirements on manufacturers—and the NAM is pushing to make those requirements work better. . . .” Productivity and Costs. Bureau of Labor Statistics 6/2 […]
Workforce Shortage? Hire Youth this Summer
The Governor’s Afterschool Task Force, which is working to create more afterschool and summer programing for Vermont kids, recently launched a new website and survey for Vermont employers offering seasonal or year-round employment opportunities for youth. If your business already offers, or is interested in offering, meaningful employment to youth, please find more information and list […]
Compensation Trends in Manufacturing
The following is provided in cooperation with our national partners and allies at the Manufacturing Institute: In data and conversations, manufacturers continue to recount the difficulties that they are having with attracting and retaining workers. Compensation practices have needed to adapt – sharply for some companies – considering the local and national competition for workers, […]
Vermont Internship Program Grant Application Now Available
The Vermont Department of Labor is now accepting applications for the 2022 Vermont Internship Program. Funded by VDOL, the program will award $400,000 to eligible organizations. Click here for more. What is the Vermont Internship Program? The Vermont Internship Program promotes internships by providing grants to organizations that support or connect Vermont employers with student-interns […]
Recorded Webinar: Building Workplaces that Support Mental Health
The US Department of Labor recently hosted a virtual event highlighting strategies that foster equitable and inclusive mental health-friendly workplaces. Click here for more.
Economic Development Bill Passes Legislature, Includes Aid and Incentives for Employers and Employees
The final conference report for S.11, which became the latest and last vehicle for attaching a wide range of economic development and other provisions that have evolved over this session, has passed the Legislature and is awaiting the Governor’s action. It includes a number of provisions intended to help certain employers and employees. Unfortunately it […]