The Cobra Subsidy - Revisited
By now, most employers are familiar with the federal COBRA subsidy enacted under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. While legislation recently has been introduced to extend the subsidy, it currently is scheduled to expire for terminations of employment that occur after December 31, 2009 ...
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Get Connected to No-Cost Help
Do you need added manpower to relieve staffing shortages and to make your organization more productive and profitable? WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA has launched the Re-Employment Connection, an employment program funded by stimulus funds that will pay the wages of 700 adults ...
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Access a Toolkit for Flu Pandemic Planning
An estimated 25 percent of businesses do not reopen following a major disaster, according to the Institute for Business and Home Safety. Is your company ready for a H1N1 flu outbreak? ...
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WCF Offers Seminar on Employee Misconduct & Workplace Torts
WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA UNIVERSITY will host a no-cost seminar titled, Employee Misconduct and Workplace Torts on Wednesday, December 9 at 7:30 a.m. ...
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Partnership Focuses on the Transition of Aerospace Workforce
With the Space Shuttle program slated to end in 2010, industry leaders across the region are working to manage the economic impact of the massive downsizing of this large, highly skilled workforce ...
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WCF Presents Workforce Champion and Awards of Excellence
WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA presented its third annual Workforce Champion Award to Randy Berridge, president of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, along with WCF Awards of Excellence to 10 Central Florida employers and four area youth at its State of the Workforce Summit ...
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Give Employees a Raise with the Earned Income Tax Credit
Give your employees a raise with no cost to your organization. This tax year, hard-working low-income Central Floridians may qualify for a tax refund of up to $5,657 through the Earned Income Tax Credit initiative ...
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WCF Welcomes Nine New Board Members
WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA has named nine new board members for the term through June 30, 2012 ...
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Unemployment Rate Drops to 11.4%
In the Orlando MSA four-county area there are 985,440 employed and 126,394 unemployed residents as of October 2009 ...
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