The pace of hiring has slowed after an initial surge when businesses across Nevada reopened.
Jonathan Ng
Business reporter
Email: jng@reviewjournal.com
Jonathan Ng joined the Review-Journal’s business desk in June 2020 to cover the nonprofit and charity sector. A former reporter with the Boston Globe and Boston Herald, Ng received his bachelor’s in journalism from Suffolk University and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
The state’s workforce agency is warning employers and claimants of a new email phishing campaign by scammers.
The $300-a-week payments made available by the Lost Wages Assistance program will soon hit the bank accounts for thousands of Nevadans.
Applicants for hundreds of thousands of unemployment benefit claims filed through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program will soon receive denial letters.
A Las Vegas mail carrier is among a handful of people charged in an ongoing effort to crack down on fraudulent unemployment claims filed with Nevada’s employment agency.
DETR said it is “actively working with law enforcement entities and the Department of Labor to detect, prevent and address unemployment fraud.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine announced details of a new grant program aimed at helping Nevada’s small businesses.
The state Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation said it expects to make LWA payments in mid- to late October.
Nevada small businesses that took out a Paycheck Protection Program loan of $50,000 or less will have an easier time applying for loan forgiveness, federal officials said late Thursday.
Federal Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness is underway, and Nevada business and banking leaders are hoping the process will be easy for borrowers.
Experts say those who are celebrating Halloween are expected to spend big on decorations and candy.
The number of Nevadans filing for new jobless claims in September dropped to the lowest level since mid-March.
Pumpkin patches across the valley and country are gearing up for Halloween with a lot of uncertainty, though it is one of the few activities that health experts say the pandemic might not ruin.
The largest construction convention, World of Concrete, will be pushed back to June, the trade show announced Tuesday.
Candy store chain It’Sugar filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.
