Budget and Taxes Ray Khalfani Reports Worker Justice Overview: 2025 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Labor February 23, 2024 / February 23, 2024 by Ray Khalfani Governor Kemp’s proposed budget for the amended fiscal year (AFY) 2024 provided a net increase of nearly $844,000 for the Department of Labor (DOL), covering $1,000 bonuses for agency staff. While overall DOL spending will decrease by 4% between AFY 2024 and FY 2025, spending proposals for fiscal year 2025 invest $443,000 in […] Read more » Department of Labor jobs and economy
Bill Analysis Prosper GA Ray Khalfani Worker Justice Unemployment Insurance Bill Analysis: House Bill 518 and Senate Bill 160 March 22, 2023 / March 22, 2023 by Ray Khalfani As of Crossover Day, March 6, 2023, Georgia’s House and Senate each voted to pass unemployment insurance (UI) bills, House Bill (HB) 518 and Senate Bill (SB) 160, out of their respective chambers. These bills have three main provisions: 1) suppressing new employers’ UI Trust Fund contribution rate from 2.7 percent to 2.64 […] Read more » Department of Labor ui trust fund Unemployment unemployment benefits Unemployment Insurance unemployment trust fund worker justice worker rights workforce
Budget and Taxes Ray Khalfani Reports Worker Justice Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Labor February 20, 2023 / February 20, 2023 by Ray Khalfani The governor’s proposed budget for the current amended fiscal year (AFY), AFY 2023, was flat for the Department of Labor (DOL). Spending proposals for fiscal year (FY) 2024 were nearly flat, offering minor spending increases to cover cost-of-living adjustments for DOL employees. FY 2024 provides less than a one percent increase in spending […] Read more » Department of Labor jobs and economy
Budget and Taxes Ray Khalfani Reports Worker Justice Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Labor February 24, 2022 / February 24, 2022 by Ray Khalfani | 1 Comment on Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Labor The governor is requesting modest spending increases to the Department of Labor (DOL) to amend to the current fiscal year (FY 2022) while seeking major budgetary changes that would transfer select programs out of DOL’s purview in the next fiscal year (FY 2023). The request amends the current fiscal year (FY 2022) spending […] Read more » Department of Labor jobs and economy
Alex Camardelle Blog Prosper GA Worker Justice Delayed and Denied: Modernization Needed at Georgia DOL to Support Georgia Workers and Economy February 26, 2021 / March 1, 2021 by Alex Camardelle | 24 Comments on Delayed and Denied: Modernization Needed at Georgia DOL to Support Georgia Workers and Economy This blog has been co-authored by Alex Camardelle, Senior Policy Analyst of GBPI and Shannan Reaze, Executive Director of Atlanta Jobs with Justice Key Takeaways: The historically underfunded Georgia Department of Labor (GA DOL) has not taken advantage of all opportunities to strengthen its systems and quickly get Georgians the benefits they are […] Read more » Department of Labor Shannon Reaze Unemployment
Press Releases & Statements Restructure Georgia’s Unemployment Tax System to Protect Employers and Working Families September 16, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Please consider publishing the editorial below from Clare S. Richie and Elizabeth Appley. Media interviews are welcomed. Americans agree that job creation is our number one priority. Almost half a million Georgians are pounding the pavement looking for work. These people – our neighbors and friends – face a job market where […] Read more » Clare Richie Department of Labor Press Release Unemployment Unemployment Insurance
