{"id":230112,"date":"2025-10-16T23:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/230112\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T23:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:11:07","slug":"state-leaders-officially-launch-alabamas-department-of-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/230112\/","title":{"rendered":"State leaders officially launch Alabama\u2019s Department of Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">MONTGOMERY, Ala. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsfa.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/www.wsfa.com\">WSFA<\/a>) &#8211; State leaders officially launched Alabama\u2019s Department of Workforce on the Capitol steps Thursday morning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The new department is being hailed as a major consolidation of employment resources. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In the 2024 legislative session, lawmakers passed an act to reconstruct the state\u2019s Department of Labor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe are home to the hardest working and the most dedicated workforce in the nation,\u201d said Gov. Kay Ivey (R-Alabama) at the launch event. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Gov. Ivey said the Alabama Department of Workforce will help Alabamians be active workers in the state. Alabama\u2019s unemployment is just under three percent, while the national average is about 4.5 percent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">However, Gov. Ivey said Alabama\u2019s workforce participation is low. According to the Alabama Department of Workforce, the state\u2019s workforce participation is roughly 57 percent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Former Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Reed is the department\u2019s first secretary. He said the goal is to give Alabamians all the tools they need to be successful in the job hunt, job training and job retention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cOur mission was being to be able to understand how do we increase the number of workers in Alabama, and how do we provide opportunities for them to have the best training and be the most well-educated in America?\u201d said Sec. Reed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The launch brought bipartisan support. Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D) said the consolidation of the state\u2019s multitude of job-related programs will be a game-changer to getting job-centric information out to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWorkforce was [separated], and now it\u2019s [all together], and so that gives us the opportunity to know where jobs are, how we can match talent with jobs,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m so proud of what we\u2019re doing here in the state of Alabama.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">More information about Alabama\u2019s Department of Workforce can be found on their <a href=\"https:\/\/workforce.alabama.gov\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/workforce.alabama.gov\/\">website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Not reading this story on the WSFA News App? 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