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PWE and Furlough Unemployment Assistance: 10,800 views

Since May, there have been more than 10,800 visits to the furlough section of our site. This fall, the site has three subsections: one for employees on extended furlough one for employees on two-week fall furlough, and one for employees on reduced hours The site includes: webinar recordings how-to guides translations into 16 languages (thank...

PWE and WorkShare

Joe Connolly, PWE Director, is chairing a special joint UMass/PSU/USA Committee to address: bringing WorkShare to campus, retraining options for campus staff, and addressing other cost saving options. Committee members include Mary Malinowski and Casey Krone from USA; Brian Harrington, Monica Kane, Rachel Rosenfeld, and Lawrence Snyder from UMass Management; and Risa Silverman and Kathy...

Community Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program Receives Funding

Jeff Napolitano, Community Works Project Director, is pleased to announce that the program has received another year of funding to provide pre-apprenticeship education services to Pioneer Valley residents, particularly women and people of color, interested in a well-paying career in the transportation or construction industries. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is awarding $203,...

PWE and Furlough Unemployment Assistance Webinars: 2000 Employees Attend Live Sessions, 3000+ views of Recorded Sessions

With the onset of COVID-19 and associated revenue loss for the campus, thousands of campus employees experienced a week of furlough this past June. Starting this September, virtually all campus staff continue to be impacted. Hundreds of staff are now on extended furlough. Several thousand staff will be taking a two-week furlough this fall. More than one hundred employees are now on reduced...

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