Employment

Nine New Mexico Companies Awarded More Than $2.4 Million In State Job Training Funds Including Spiritus Technologies PBC In White Rock

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EDD News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) announced that it approved funding for up to $2.4 Million to assist companies in hiring and training New Mexico employees. The Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) approved this monthly allotment to nine New Mexico companies, including Spiritus Technologies PBC in White Rock.

The JTIP board meets monthly to review applications from New Mexico companies hoping to train new employees or upskill incumbent employees through the Step Up program. The state offers reimbursements of 50% or more, with higher percentages Read More

Governor Reappoints Sonya Carrasco-Trujillo To Five-Year Term As Workers’ Compensation Judge

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Sonya Carrasco-Trujillo

STATE News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has reappointed Sonya Carrasco-Trujillo to serve a five-year term as a workers’ compensation judge for the Workers’ Compensation Administration (WCA), effective June 10, 2024. Carrasco-Trujillo was initially appointed to a one-year term, beginning June 10, 2023.

“I am humbled and grateful for this continued opportunity to serve my fellow New Mexicans as a workers’ compensation judge, and I look forward to my future with the administration,” Judge Carrasco-Trujillo said.

Prior to joining the WCA, Carrasco-Trujillo, Read More

New Mexico Unemployment Rate 3.8% In May 2024

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NMDWS News:

New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.8 percent in May, unchanged from the rate in April and up from 3.6 percent in the previous year.

The national unemployment rate in May was 4.0 percent, up from 3.9 percent in April and up from 3.7 percent in May 2023.

Total nonagricultural payroll employment grew by 15,700 jobs, or 1.8 percent, between May 2023 and May 2024. The majority of gains came from the private sector.

The private sector was up 9,000 jobs, or 1.3 percent, while the public sector was up 6,700 jobs, or 3.6 percent. Within the private sector, the private service-providing Read More

New Mexico State Land Office Again Named A Top Workplace

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New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard, 3rd from left, and her team win a Top Workplaces award for second consecutive year. Courtesy/SLO

STATE News:

  • SLO ranked 2nd among all midsize employers in state

SANTA FE – The Albuquerque Journal has announced that the New Mexico State Land Office (SLO) has won a Top Workplaces award, ranking 2nd among midsize employers – organizations with between 150-499 employees – New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced today.

This marks the 2nd consecutive year the State Land Office has been named Read More

Amendment To Major Disaster Declaration Opens DUA Due To Flooding Related To New Mexico’s South Fork And Salt Fires, Adds Otero County

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New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions News:

ALBUQUERQUE – The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued an amendment adding Otero County and flooding to the notice of Major Disaster Declaration in New Mexico related to South Fork and Salt Fires as declared by the President on June 20, 2024. 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is available to individuals whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted as a direct result of the 2024 Wildfires in the areas of Lincoln County, Otero County, and the Mescalero Apache Tribe.  Read More

Spots Still Open For Weeks 4 & 6 Of YESCorps Program

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Y News:

Registration spots are still open for YESCorps weeks 4 and 6. Participants will learn by doing, make new friends and have fun.

Activities planned for those two weeks include:

  • Backpacking/orienteering training;
  • Trips to Valles Caldera National Monument;
  • PEEC gardening projects; and
  • YCC trail work experience.

On the Fun Fridays, participants will get to play frisbee golf, BBQ and other games at North Mesa Picnic Grounds for one Friday and do the climbing wall and Lu Games for the second Friday.

Week 4 will be discounted to $30 for the shortened week.

Visit the YMCA website for more details Read More

Engineering Project Manager Justin Gibson Joins Los Alamos County Public Works Department

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Los Alamos County Public Works Engineering Project Manager Justin Gibson in his office Tuesday at the Municipal Building. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

It may not be immediately apparent, but the group of construction workers wearing neon-colored vests and hard hats applying a fresh coat of black asphalt on a road or pouring cement for new curbs and gutters are not the only players responsible for these projects. There are, in fact, many people involved who bring these capital projects into fruition.

Los Alamos Read More

NMDWS Prepared To Process Unemployment Insurance Claims Quickly For New Mexico Workers Affected By Wildfire   

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NMDWS Secretary Sarita Nair

NMDWS News:

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) is waiting for federal approval and guidance for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) to be offered to workers whose employment has been affected by the Southfork or Salt fires. Individuals may apply for Standard Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits now, a first step in the DUA process.

DUA updates and UI information are available on the NMDWS website https://www.dws.state.nm.us/DUA.

“Our Department is prepared to take Unemployment Insurance claims and help individuals Read More

Unemployment Insurance Operations Center Closed Wednesday In Observance Of Juneteenth

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NMDWS News:

ALBUQUERQUE — All New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions’ offices, including the Unemployment Insurance Operations Center, will be closed Wednesday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth National Independence Day.

The Unemployment Insurance Tax & Claims System (www.jobs.state.nm.us) is available online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Customer Service Agents in the Unemployment Insurance Operations Center will be available when business hours resume Thursday, at 8 a.m. June 20. The business hours of the Unemployment Insurance Operations Center are 8 a.m. to 4:30 Read More

Santa Fe Native Cade Hermeling Serves With Next Generation Of U.S. Naval Aviation Warfighters

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Ensign Cade Hermeling. Photo by Anna-Liesa Hussey/ Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class

By RICK BURKE
Navy Office of Community Outreach

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Ensign Cade Hermeling, a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is serving in the U.S. Navy where naval aviators learn the skills they need to fly missions around the world.

Hermeling, a 2015 graduate of Santa Fe High School, joined the Navy a year and a half ago. Hermeling also earned a bachelor’s degree in Russian language and literature from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019.

“I joined the Navy because ever since I was a child, Read More