Turn to 10 on Nostr: Nearly 500K working-age adults in Massachusetts lack English skills, study finds ...
Nearly 500K working-age adults in Massachusetts lack English skills, study finds
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Roughly 480,000 working-age Massachusetts residents have limited English proficiency; estimates are likely lower than actual tallies due to high migration levels over the past two years; Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency last year over the number of immigrant families needing shelter and government services; Gov. Healey has asked the federal government to help authorize immigrants for work; increasing language skills can help address worker shortages as other factors strain the state’s economy; Gov. Healey issued an executive order to ban state agencies from requiring college degrees in job applications except when absolutely necessary; Lieutenant Gov. Kim Driscoll noted that the order would help address the state’s workforce issues
#Massachusetts #EnglishSkills #Immigrants #GovMauraHealey #ExecutiveOrder
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/one-tenth-of-massachusetts-workforce-has-limited-english-speaking-skills-report-says-institute-for-a-new-commonwealth-and-the-university-of-massachusetts-found-migration-immigrants-maura-healey-governor-kim-driscoll-boston-new-england-border
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Roughly 480,000 working-age Massachusetts residents have limited English proficiency; estimates are likely lower than actual tallies due to high migration levels over the past two years; Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency last year over the number of immigrant families needing shelter and government services; Gov. Healey has asked the federal government to help authorize immigrants for work; increasing language skills can help address worker shortages as other factors strain the state’s economy; Gov. Healey issued an executive order to ban state agencies from requiring college degrees in job applications except when absolutely necessary; Lieutenant Gov. Kim Driscoll noted that the order would help address the state’s workforce issues
#Massachusetts #EnglishSkills #Immigrants #GovMauraHealey #ExecutiveOrder
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/one-tenth-of-massachusetts-workforce-has-limited-english-speaking-skills-report-says-institute-for-a-new-commonwealth-and-the-university-of-massachusetts-found-migration-immigrants-maura-healey-governor-kim-driscoll-boston-new-england-border