Delaware Department of Labor Launches ‘Modernization 2.0’
Department of Labor | Unemployment Insurance | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
WILMINGTON – Today, the Delaware Department of Labor announced Modernization 2.0, a new strategy to address the agency’s most pressing challenges, including processing a backlog of unemployment insurance claims, responding faster to new claims, and ensuring the timely launch of Paid Family and Medical Leave. A cornerstone of this effort is a new partnership with […]
Governor Meyer, Senators Coons, Blunt Rochester and Rep. McBride Announce a $2 Million Workforce Data Grant
Department of Labor | Date Posted: Monday, September 29, 2025
WILMINGTON, Del. — Today, Governor Matt Meyer, U.S Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester, along with Congresswoman Sarah McBride (all D-Del.) announced a more than $2 million U.S. Department of Labor Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI) grant to Delaware Department of Labor’s Workforce Development Board to modernize the state’s workforce and education data infrastructure. […]
Delaware Department of Labor Releases Annual Economic Report
Department of Labor | Date Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2025
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Delaware Department of Labor released its Annual Economic Report – a comprehensive look at the state’s economy and workforce. Free and available to the public, the report can be downloaded online at de.gov/AnnualReport and highlights unemployment, wages by industry, city and county employment and labor force participation data. “Delaware Department of […]
Joanna Barnekov-Staib Named Statewide Coordinator of New Office of Workforce Development
Department of Labor | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
WILMINGTON – Today, Delaware Department of Labor Secretary LaKresha Moultrie announced Joanna Barnekov-Staib will be the Statewide Coordinator of the new Office of Workforce Development. Established by Delaware Governor Matt Meyer’s Executive Order 10, the Office of Workforce Development will serve as a centralized, statewide office to ensure that state and federal resources are efficiently […]
DELAWARE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO PARTNER WITH OPENAI ON CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Department of Labor | Governor Matt Meyer | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, September 4, 2025
WILMINGTON — Governor Matt Meyer announced today that Delaware will be the first state in the nation to join the OpenAI Certification Program, a groundbreaking initiative to help students and workers build fundamental skills in artificial intelligence. The partnership will begin with early-stage programming across schools and workforce training programs to give every Delawarean the […]
