Archive for Tag: unemployment

Matsikoudis marks 500 days in office with $500,000 recovered for constituents

TRENTON, N.J. – On Friday, May 26, Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis celebrated her 500th day in office by announcing more than a half million dollars in recovered refunds, payments and property for her constituents.  “My staff and I hit our goal of $500,000 recovered for constituents nearly six months ahead...

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Bill creating consumer watchdog to call government offices picks up Assembly sponsor

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis announced plans on Wednesday to introduce an Assembly version of a Senate bill creating a state Office of the Consumer to assess the responsiveness and accessibility of government agencies. She says introducing an Assembly version of Senate bill S2430 will give the measure...

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No plan, no appointments put One-Stop Career Centers on path to familiar disaster, warns Dunn

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywoman Aura Dunn slammed the Labor Department’s lack of clear plans to address the demand for in-person unemployment assistance when the services return to the dozen of One-Stop Career Centers around the state on March 28. “On Monday, March 28, there is going to a lot of...

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DePhillips to introduce articles of impeachment against Labor Commissioner

TRENTON, N.J. – In addition to being in the hot seat at a Senate committee hearing on Thursday, N.J. Labor Department Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo could soon be out of a job. Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips is introducing a resolution to impeach Asaro-Angelo for failing to perform the duties of his...

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More Dept. of Labor deficiencies revealed by GOP lawmaker

TRENTON, N.J. – Following the Senate’s collective disgust at the N.J. Department of Labor’s unemployment failings on Thursday, Assemblyman Brian Bergen revealed another department deficiency – its inability to release a timely jobs report each month. “The incompetence and lack of communication from the state Department of Labor is...

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