Because the Trump administration fires federal workers, lays them off and urges them to resign, officers within the D.C. space are providing sources for staff.
Elected leaders are highlighting on-line job listings, internet hosting webinars and providing “know your rights” data.
Right here’s a operating record of the assistance that D.C., Maryland and Virginia officers say is out there.
Virginia:
An internet site launched by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s workplace – VirginiaHasJobs.com – says it hyperlinks to 250,000 open jobs, together with 100,000 in Northern Virginia. It navigates to the web sites of a few of Virginia’s main corporations and to fashionable job search engines like google equivalent to LinkedIn and Certainly.
The Virginia Employment Fee is out there to assist bridge the hole for fired federal staff, Youngkin mentioned Monday. The utmost weekly unemployment profit is $387, which might quantity to about $20,000 a 12 months.
Virginia will host a statewide digital hiring occasion March 5 from 10 a.m. to three p.m. It is open to anybody.
The Fairfax County Financial Improvement Authority is internet hosting free weekly webinars for individuals impacted by the federal cuts. Their web site additionally has different sources obtainable, together with job listings and appointments at profession facilities.
Rep. Don Beyer, whose district contains Alexandria, Falls Church, Arlington County and a part of Fairfax County, provided “know your rights as a federal worker” data. Beyer has an internet request type for anybody who wants assist with a federal company.
Maryland:
Earlier this month, Gov. Wes Moore’s workplace launched the Maryland Public Servants Useful resource web site, which “serves as a centralized hub for packages and sources to assist Maryland’s federal workers and contractors impacted by federal workforce layoffs, firings, and modifications to federal funding,” Moore’s workplace mentioned.
The positioning presents sources data on making use of for unemployment. The utmost weekly profit is $430 pre-tax.
Maryland’s website can also join job seekers with sources together with resume workshops, profession steering, mock interviews and job search methods, plus an inventory of key guidelines and laws governing the federal employment course of, Moore’s workplace mentioned.
The Maryland Division of Labor is providing free digital workshops for former federal workers and contractors each Wednesday from 9 a.m. to midday. To enroll, e-mail FedWorker.Transition@maryland.gov.
The State of Maryland itself can also be hiring. You’ll be able to see open positions on-line right here.
Montgomery County launched its personal website on sources for federal staff, and officers say residents can flip to the MC311 Buyer Service Heart for assist. The positioning lists data on unemployment advantages, obtainable jobs, employment rights, meals help, youngster care assist and disaster intervention.
The District:
To obtain unemployment advantages from from the D.C. Workplace for Unemployment Compensation, you could have misplaced your job by way of no fault of your individual; give you the chance, obtainable and actively in search of work, and have made sufficient cash prior to now 12 months to indicate how a lot you possibly can obtain.
The utmost weekly unemployment profit is $444 for as much as 26 weeks.
Sources obtainable from through D.C.’s unemployment web site embrace easy methods to file for unemployment funds, job search sources and job coaching and profession counseling.
There’s nonetheless uncertainty over which federal staff will qualify for unemployment advantages, a prime D.C. official mentioned. News4’s Mark Segraves tells how District officers are working to assist residents.
NBC Washington will proceed to compile data on sources provided within the D.C. space for former federal workers. Test this web page for updates.
