Laid-off Lima Ford workers see delays, hacks and hiccups
By David Trinko - dtrinko@limanews.com
BATH TOWNSHIP A shortage of computer chips and hiccups in the state unemployment system are leaving employees at the Ford Lima Engine Plant feeling frustrated.
Many of the workers have been laid off for the past three weeks, as the global semiconductor shortage kept them from doing their part of the production process. The layoffs lasted longer than originally expected, kicking in unemployment systems asking laid-off workers to look for new jobs.
“It’s been so frustrating,” said Jeff Adams, president of UAW Local 1219, which represents the plant. “We can’t get straight answers from anyone about unemployment.”
Man s rape charges dismissed due to more than 40-year delay
28 Apr, 2021 04:42 AM
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The application was heard in the Wellington District Court on Friday. Photo / File
A Wellington man s rape charges have been dismissed due to the decades-long delay in laying the charges, and the fact he was a teenager when the alleged offences happened.
The judge confirmed the man, who cannot be named due to a pending application for name suppression, wouldn t have been able to evade the court process if any of the alleged offending had happened when he was an adult, despite the fact it took 43 years for the matter to come to court.
Ohio workers say hackers stole their unemployment benefits. No one s helping them get their money back It s very close to the straw that broke the camel s back
Ohio workers say hackers stole their unemployment benefits
and last updated 2021-04-21 19:29:33-04
GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio â News 5 has uncovered a new way cybercriminals are targeting Ohio unemployment funds and stealing benefits meant for struggling workers.
Cybersecurity experts say it is called an Account Takeover (ATO) when hackers take control of an individual s account, then change the banking account information to redirect the funds.
In an email to News 5, Ohio Jobs and Family Services spokesperson Bret Crow wrote, We have been notified of about 100 instances where claimants report being affected by this scheme.
Jatcorp (ASX:JAT) to raise $2.8M for ANMA expansion
Source: Jatcorp
China-Australia trade company Jatcorp (JAT) has received applications to undertake a $2.8 million placement
More than 148.8 million fully-paid ordinary shares will be issued to sophisticated and professional investors at 1.9 cents
Subject to shareholder approval, participants will receive one free-attaching option for every two shares subscribed for, exercisable at 0.6 cents on or before January 29, 2023
Once received, Jatcorp will use the funds to expand its ANMA manufacturing facility, develop new products and provide working capital
After emerging from a trading halt, shares in Jatcorp are steady on the market and are trading at 2.3 cents
By Melinda Knox, Associate Director, Research Profile and Initiative
Queen’s researcher Christopher Cotton is one of the authors of “Building the Canadian Shield,” an approach that says a longer lockdown will save more lives and cost less economically.
As we settle into the first week of the declared State of Emergency, many Ontarians are wondering what impact the restrictions will have on COVID-19 cases and our local, regional, and national economies.
STUDIO model
Though the STUDIO model, Queen’s University economists Cotton, Huw Lloyd-Ellis, Bahman Kashi, Frederic Tremblay (PhD candidate), and alumnus Brett Crowley (BSc ’18; BA’ 19), in partnership with industry partner Limestone Analytics, are helping national and international policymakers build a roadmap for economic recovery efforts. The model produces an array of projections to show what will happen to the economy in different situations, depending on how the disease spreads, and how governments, consumers and