Tag: U.S. Department of Labor

USDOL Sanctioned Bryan As Labor Commissioner Under De Jongh Costing Territory Thousands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Albert Bryan, Jr., as the commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Labor was sanctioned by its federal counterpart for failing to meet certain minimum agreed-to standards of performance, the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned. A series of letters obtained exclusively by the V.I. Free Press under the […]

VIDOL: Federal Extended Benefits Program for Unemployed Ended June 23

[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Labor said Monday that the extended benefits (EB) program payments ended on June 23. EB are a temporary federal program that provides additional unemployment benefits to claimants who qualify. The benefits were provided to claimants who remained unemployed when they exhausted regular unemployment compensation (UC) […]

DOUBLE DISASTER: Slow Federal Response To Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Devastation Is Destroying The Islands’ Small Business Base

SAN JUAN — This fall’s hurricane season has been rough on Jesús Vázquez’s family business outside the capital of Puerto Rico. Their 35-year-old ice factory and adjacent laundromat hasn’t had power since Hurricane Irma, which hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 6, thirteen days before Hurricane Maria devastated the island. And the family’s rental property business […]