(CNMI DOL) — The CNMI Department of Labor’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Benefit Payment Control Unit will be temporarily observing a modified office hour schedule effective Aug. 22 to 25, 2023. The temporary schedule is due to professional development training to be conducted by the National Association of State Workforce Agency. Benefit Payment Control staff will be…
Gov. Arnold Palacios and Lt. Gov. David Apatang were joined recently by CNMI Department of Labor Secretary Leila Staffler in a meeting with U.S. Department of Labor District Director of the Wage & Hour Division Terence J. Trotter, U.S. Department of Labor Assistant District Director for Guam and the CNMI Patrick G. Candoleta, and U.S….
(CNMI DOL) — The CNMI Department of Labor would like to promote the CNMI Registered Apprenticeship Program across the Marianas by informing possible participants and future employers of how it works and why they should take advantage of these opportunities. Especially with the touchback looming in the not too distant future, taking advantage of a Registered…
(CNMI DOL) — The CNMI Department of Labor is reminding businesses that a written notice must be submitted to the Office of the Secretary at 1356 Mednilla St. on Capital Hill at least 60 days prior to the commencement of a reduction in force or closure of business. Written notice must also be given to each…
The CNMI Department of Labor is reminding individuals who have received Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation benefits in the CNMI and were found to have been overpaid to contact DOL to settle the overpayment. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PUA and FPUC programs were established to provide financial support to…
(CNMI DOL) — The CNMI Department of Labor would like to remind individuals who have received Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation benefits in the CNMI and were found to have been overpaid to contact CNMI DOL to settle the overpayment. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the PUA and FPUC programs were established…
THE CNMI Department of Labor in the Commonwealth is conducting a survey to understand how the CW visa “touchback” policy is affecting businesses in the islands. This is a requirement outlined in U.S Public Law 115-218 or the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018. This federal law was passed to “incentivize the hiring…
