Tag: payroll

City, county put up emergency funding for Bartlett House payroll

Jun. 18—MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission and the city of Morgantown are each putting up $17, 500 to provide payroll for 16 Bartlett House employees through the end of the month. That represents all the employees on the nonprofit’s payroll. “It’s essential to keep the employees that are there. They know how the facility […]

US Payroll Gains Not as Robust as Reported, BLS Data Suggest

(Bloomberg) — The US job market may be a lot less vibrant than Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues seem to think. Most Read from Bloomberg Data published Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggest payrolls might have grown about 60,000 less per month on average last year than the roughly 250,000 […]

US private payroll growth slows to 4-month low; small firms cut jobs

By Dan Burns (Reuters) -Hiring by U.S. private employers slid to a four-month low in May, with small firms reducing staff, and wage gains for job changers moderated for a second month, according to a report on Wednesday that added to signs the job market is cooling. Private payrolls increased by 152,000 jobs last month […]

Can South Dakota afford to keep Kristi Noem on its payroll?

Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during a bill-signing ceremony March 6, 2024, at the Capitol in Pierre. (David Bordewyk/South Dakota NewsMedia Association) Whether it’s her hairstyle, dental work or feud with the state’s tribes, at this point it’s impossible to consider Gov. Kristi Noem’s actions without looking through the lens of her perpetual tryout to serve […]