There are many things that can derail your unemployment claim and even open you up to legal trouble. A labor and employment attorney walks through some of the common mistakes and how to avoid them.
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Miranda Dunlap is a reporter covering pathways to success in northeastern Wisconsin. She reports in partnership with Open Campus. Her work confronts the barriers residents face in finding sustainable jobs and explores solutions to these challenges. A native Michigander, Miranda returns to the Midwest after two years covering community colleges and K-12 education for Houston Landing in Texas. Before that, she wrote about the automotive industry for Automotive News and served in various roles at The State News. She holds degrees in political science and journalism from Michigan State University. Her work has been recognized by Michigan Press Association, Texas Managing Editors and Scripps Howard awards.
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Student loan defaults surge in Wisconsin, US after federal reprieve ends
The pandemic grace period has ended, along with the most generous repayment plan. Now, borrowers across the state are struggling to repay, and those who attended Wisconsin’s for-profit colleges are twice as likely to be delinquent on their loans.
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Federal financial aid for career training is here. When will Wisconsinites benefit?
State officials say it could take years for students to access Workforce Pell grants, with aid initially available only to students in a handful of carefully scrutinized programs.
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An apprenticeship aiming to ease Wisconsin’s teacher shortage is ‘stalling.’ Will it catch on?
The pilot program was meant to offer an alternative route into the classroom, but program leaders are having trouble enticing school districts to take on more apprentices. And enrollment has ground to a halt.
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Here’s what the data center boom means for Wisconsin’s workforce
Wisconsin Watch spoke to three professors to find out how many jobs and what types of work data centers bring to communities, what the economic trickle-down effects of data centers are and more.
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Nearly every state funds hands-on job training in high schools. Why not Wisconsin?
Whether students have access to career and technical education courses largely depends on if their school district can pay for them. That’s because Wisconsin is one of just five states that don’t dedicate state funding to these programs in public schools.
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Work, recovery and second chances on a Wisconsin manufacturing floor
Those recovering from addiction have a difficult time finding stable employment and keeping it. Apricity Contract Packaging offers “a safe environment” – one where every person is pursuing sobriety.
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Looking for work? Here’s how Wisconsin’s job centers will help you for free
The state’s Department of Workforce Development runs dozens of job centers across Wisconsin, each staffed with people trained to help you in your quest for work. Here’s what to know.