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Development Groups Reduce Payscale Target for Industrial Tax Breaks

Posted under City of Rome, Jobs, Floyd County, Business Development, Taxes, Community Development, Labor, New Businesses, Chamber of Commerce, Economy on July 22nd, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

The Rome Floyd Development Authority and Floyd County Development Authority have agreed to reduce the payscale target for companies seeking to locate in Rome.
Chamber Economic Development Specialist Heather Seckman says that companies, to qualify for tax breaks will have to agree to start employees at 10.50, rather than 175% of minimum wage.

Unemployment In Rome Drops

Posted under Jobs, Labor on April 24th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Some good news for Rome and Floyd County from the Ga Dept. of Labor as unemployment dipped from 5.8% in February to 5.5% for March.
Floyd County was the lowest among the mid Coosa Valley counties as Chattooga registered a 14.8% rate in March, Bartow was at 6.2%, Gordon County at 6.4 and Polk […]

More Bad Economic News, Unemployment Claims Up In Rome

Posted under Jobs, Labor on April 11th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

More people filed first time claims for unemployment insurance in the Rome area last month.
According to the Georgia Department of Labor, 839 first time claims were filed in March, up 9.7-percent from the 765 reported in February.
Statewide, 42,550 laid-off workers filed first-time claims for benefits last month, up 3.9 percent from the […]

Ezzell Named Top Labor Manager

Posted under Labor on October 4th, 2007 by RomeNewswire0 comments

State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond has named Mark Ezzell, manager of the Georgia Department of Labor’s Cedartown Career Center,as the labor department’s manager of the year.
Commissioner Thurmand said “This award recognizes a manager who provides the leadership that instills our vision of providing high-quality customer service to job seekers and employers alike”.

Rome Loses Jobs In June

Posted under Jobs, Labor on July 19th, 2007 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Rome lost one hundred jobs in June, according to a report issued by the Department of Labor Thursday morning. Rome’s decline amounted to two tenths of one percent and it will almost assuredly result in an increase in the unemployment rate when the June numbers are released next Thursday.
In May, Rome’s jobless rate checked in at […]

Social Security Offices Headed To Riverside, Across From Chieftians.

Posted under Jobs, Labor on April 25th, 2007 by RomeNewswire0 comments

The Social Security offices in the federal building in downtown Rome will be moving to Riverside Parkway around the end of the year.
Social Security office chief Steve Conrad, says the new office will be located just north of the Labor Dept. offices across the Parkway from Chieftains Museum.
Groundbreaking should occur in May or June and […]

GA Dept Of Labor To Fund Summer Youth Jobs.

Posted under Labor on April 5th, 2007 by RomeNewswire0 comments

The Georgia Department of Labor will provide $36,000 for summer jobs for youth 14 through 21 in Northwest Georgia.
The grant will help create jobs for 30 youth, including young people with disabilities. Ga Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said, “The jobs created by this grant will offer many young people their best opportunity to get a […]

Area Job Numbers.

Posted under Labor on March 29th, 2007 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Unemployment in Rome and Floyd County dropped to 4.1% in February. The new numbers released this morning by the Ga. Dept. of Labor show that joblessness across the ten county northwest Georgia region was 4.2% in February. Rome’s rate was well below the state rate of 4.4% and the national rate of 4.9% for February. […]

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