Sununu lifts moratorium on job-search requirement for unemployment benefits
April 22, 2021
Granite Staters collecting unemployment will have to once again start showing they are actively looking for work starting May 23, Gov. Chris Sununu announced Thursday,
The announcement at his weekly press conference came four days after the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire sent him a letter urging him to do just that.
“The economy has come roaring back,” said Sununu, adding that there are “tens of thousands of high-=paying jobs” available around the state.
Before the pandemic, the Department of Employment Security required that people getting unemployment benefits also actively actively seek employment, and they had to document that job search by naming the businesses where they submitted applications.
Governor urged to restore job-search requirement for unemployment benefits
In letter, BIA points to ongoing workforce shortage
April 22, 2021
The Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire is urging Gov. Chris Sununu to again require that unemployed individuals search for work in order to receive benefits – something it hopes will ease an acute workforce shortage.
Before the pandemic, most people getting unemployment benefits were required to actively seek work. They completed a continuing claim form with the names, addresses phone numbers of the employers contacted, the method of contact, the type of work sought and the results of the search. The Department of Employment Security didn’t spell out how many employers had to be contacted, but the form leaves room for four a week.
Column: HB 544 codifies culture of oppression
Modified: 4/20/2021 10:20:02 PM
As freshman New Hampshire state senators, we feel compelled to express our strong opposition to House Bill 544. The language of HB 544 seeks to ban state agencies, K-12 schools, public colleges and universities, and state contractors from teaching certain “divisive concepts” like race and sex.
What this actually means is that discussions about systemic racism, gender inequality and other important aspects of our country’s history will be muzzled under the guise of neutrality and equality. But this is doublespeak. This bill perpetuates and codifies a culture of silence, inaction, unequal treatment, and oppression and creates even more division in our state.
BIA announces opposition to ‘divisive concepts’ bill
The State House dome as seen on March 5, 2016. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) ELIZABETH FRANTZ
Published: 4/16/2021 4:45:44 PM
The Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire has joined the growing list of businesses and organizations opposing a House-passed measure now in the Senate that would prevent public schools, organizations and state contractors from teaching about systemic racism.
The BIA’s executive board voted Thursday to oppose language included in House Bill 2, the House-passed “trailer” bill of the state budget, which relates to the “propagation of divisive concepts.”
The statewide organization has over 250 members, including many of the state’s largest employers and most chambers of commerce.
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BEDFORD, N.H., March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Pamela S. Hall is a distinguished biographee of Marquis Who s Who. As in all Marquis Who s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are chosen from among a pool of the most prominent professionals and are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
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Having harbored a longstanding interest in biology, Ms. Hall earned a Bachelor of Arts in zoology from the University of Connecticut in 1966, for which she also worked as a curatorial assistant during her undergraduate studies. She was subsequently appointed as a research assistant at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago IL, from 1966 to 1967. Joining the University of New Hampshire, Ms. Hall obtained a Master of Science in zoology in 1969 and pursued doctoral studies