Maryland Daily Record » DLLR http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Mon, 20 May 2013 17:31:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Audit shows DLLR overpaid jobless benefits http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/09/30/audit-shows-dllr-overpaid-jobless-benefits/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/09/30/audit-shows-dllr-overpaid-jobless-benefits/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:00:23 +0000 marylandreporter.com http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=224591 The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s Division of Unemployment Insurance overpaid millions in benefits to people who were actually working and shelled out unemployment benefits to people who were dead or in prison. The division also certified job stimulus tax credits for employers hiring the unemployed for some workers who weren’t actually receiving [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/09/30/audit-shows-dllr-overpaid-jobless-benefits/feed/ 0 DLLR head Sanchez to become chief of staff for Rawlings-Blake  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/07/dllr-head-sanchez-to-become-chief-of-staff-for-rawlings-blake/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/07/dllr-head-sanchez-to-become-chief-of-staff-for-rawlings-blake/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:13:48 +0000 Alexander Pyles http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214856 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The head of the state labor department is leaving his post to become Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s third chief of staff in as many years. Alexander M. Sanchez, who has been secretary of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation since 2009, will join Rawlings-Blake’s administration on May 16. In a statement Monday, Rawlings-Blake cited [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/07/dllr-head-sanchez-to-become-chief-of-staff-for-rawlings-blake/feed/ 0 Private sector pushes jobless rate down  http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/20/state-jobless-rate-drops-to-6-9-percent-in-november/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/20/state-jobless-rate-drops-to-6-9-percent-in-november/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:18:54 +0000 Nicholas Sohr http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/20/state-jobless-rate-drops-to-6-9-percent-in-november/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Maryland’s jobless rate dropped to 6.9 percent in November as payrolls swelled in the state for the third straight month, according to figures released Tuesday by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. The private sector did all of the heavy lifting, adding 4,300 jobs last month while government employment declined by 2,300, according to [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/20/state-jobless-rate-drops-to-6-9-percent-in-november/feed/ 0 Maryland unemployment rate fell in October http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/22/maryland-unemployment-rate-fell-in-october/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/22/maryland-unemployment-rate-fell-in-october/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:20:39 +0000 Nicholas Sohr http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/22/maryland-unemployment-rate-fell-in-october/ Maryland’s unemployment rate fell to 7.2 percent in October, the first drop in six months as the state’s employers added 3,100 net new jobs to their payrolls, according to the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. Private sector employment increased by 1,900 positions and state and local governments brought on new workers as well, according [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/22/maryland-unemployment-rate-fell-in-october/feed/ 0 Basu: Last stimulus didn’t aid enough people http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/23/basu-last-stimulus-didn%e2%80%99t-aid-enough-people/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/23/basu-last-stimulus-didn%e2%80%99t-aid-enough-people/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:00:43 +0000 Capital News Service http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/23/basu-last-stimulus-didn%e2%80%99t-aid-enough-people/ WASHINGTON — Federal investment in “shovel-ready” construction put a lot of people to work — and did so quickly — but stimulus money for Maryland work crews is drying up, and some experts say too much of it went to temporary projects that failed to save jobs in the long term. “I think that’s one [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/23/basu-last-stimulus-didn%e2%80%99t-aid-enough-people/feed/ 1 Md. adds 6,800 jobs in Sept., but unemployment rate ticks up to 7.4% http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/21/md-adds-6800-jobs-but-unemployment-rate-ticks-up-to-7-4/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/21/md-adds-6800-jobs-but-unemployment-rate-ticks-up-to-7-4/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:14:18 +0000 Nicholas Sohr http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/21/md-adds-6800-jobs-but-unemployment-rate-ticks-up-to-7-4/ Maryland added 6,800 jobs in September, but the unemployment rate continued to climb to 7.4 percent, according to figures released Friday morning by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. The state’s private sector led the job growth with 10,000 new positions last month. The federal government was also active, adding 2,100 jobs while local [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/21/md-adds-6800-jobs-but-unemployment-rate-ticks-up-to-7-4/feed/ 1 Audit faults DLLR for lax computer security http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/16/audit-faults-dllr-for-lax-computer-security/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/16/audit-faults-dllr-for-lax-computer-security/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:00:07 +0000 marylandreporter.com http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/16/audit-faults-dllr-for-lax-computer-security/ Personal information about licenses and unemployment — including names, addresses, birth dates, credit card and Social Security numbers — was left relatively unguarded on computers at the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation and may have been targeted for fraud, according to legislative auditors. The audit of DLLR’s Office of the Secretary, Division of Administration [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/16/audit-faults-dllr-for-lax-computer-security/feed/ 0 DLLR secretary takes heat for removing report http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/09/28/dllr-secretary-takes-heat-for-removing-report/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/09/28/dllr-secretary-takes-heat-for-removing-report/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:40:17 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=183888 ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley’s labor secretary said Tuesday it was his idea to seek the removal of all online traces of an internal economic report that he said was mistakenly posted on the department’s website. Alex Sanchez, the secretary of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, said O’Malley did not ask him to [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/09/28/dllr-secretary-takes-heat-for-removing-report/feed/ 0