NJDOL: Financial Assistance Available for Employees, Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

COVID-19 | In the News
March 26, 2020

New Jersey Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo MS ’99 (Public Policy) on the new one-stop jobs portal to match job-seekers with immediate openings at businesses serving on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic: “We all have a role to play in making sure workers keep income coming in and businesses have the staffs they need to move us through this public health emergency.”

Insider NJ, March 25, 2020

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