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New Vermont workforce office outlines four goals, senators press to fill labor seats
Summary
The state's Office of Workforce Strategy and Development described four statewide goals to increase worker supply, reengage adults, support business retention and boost graduate retention; senators pressed the office to confirm statutory labor representation and to show how it will drive strategy beyond acting as a "clearing house."
The newly created Office of Workforce Strategy and Development told the Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs Committee on Tuesday that it will focus the state's workforce efforts around four board-approved goals and build committees to measure progress.
"Act 146 of 2024 is what created the office of workforce strategy and development," Drake Turner, deputy director of the new office, told the committee, describing statutory changes that also reorganized the state workforce development board. Turner said the board was reduced to 27 members to improve agility and will set statewide priorities while the office coordinates implementation.
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