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Do you currently employ or are you considering applying to the H2A or H2B Foreign Labor Program? If so, this meeting is for you. On July 16, 2013, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Eastern Agricultural Research Station meeting room there will be an informational meeting. Sidney Job Service has scheduled Jenny Betz, Department of Labor and Industry Program Manager for Foreign Labor and Migrant Seasonal Farm Worker Programs to present along with representatives from Rural Employment Opportunities. Topics to be discussed will include preparing for the...
Montana workers earning minimum wage will see an increase from $7.65 per hour to $7.80 per hour on January 1, 2013. “The cost-of-living rose slightly and as a result there will be a minimal increase to the State’s minimum wage,” said Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly. “This increase will keep those earning minimum wage on par with the increase in the cost-of-living.” The increase in the minimum wage is based upon any increase in the U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items (CPI) from August of the preceding...
The Department of Labor and Industry recently announced that the Unemployment Insurance Contribution Rate Schedule will be adjusted from schedule 7 to schedule 6, resulting in a decrease in many Montana employer’s contribution rates for 2013. “This is good news for Montana employers, both large and small, as we continue our economic recovery in the state,” said Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly. “UI benefits provide a critical financial safety net for Montana’s unemployed workers, and as more Montanans return to work the demand for those ben...
