Terror at TWC

"...shine some light on what’s going on in the TWC (Texas Workforce Commission) regarding unemployment benefits. I, like so..."

May 17, 2020 Postmarks

'Starting Over' on Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable offers new "Start Over" feature to subscribers.

"...feature offered by Time Warner Cable. If you’re a TWC customer, you’ve been channel surfing, and happened to land..."

July 29, 2008 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Corporate Welfare?

"...That's because the JTPA obligates the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to "make appropriate retraining and basic readjustment services available..."

Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature

The Common Law

Do I Qualify for Unemployment Benefits?

"...received sufficient wages during a recent 12-month period. The TWC uses a relatively complex system of calculating whether a..."

May 5, 2006 Column by Brandy Wingate

Re-Re-Re-Reruns

"...the hour-long Seventies nostalgia show in the morning (FAM, TWC Ch 30, 8am) and again in the afternoon (6pm)..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Texas Workforce Commission Overflowing With Unemployment Claims

Has COVID-19 exposed the flaws in an inadequate state system?

"...hovers around 13,000 a day, on March 22 the TWC took 60,000 calls with the same number of staff..."

April 3, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Naked City

Working It Out

"...the Workforce Commission, found that not only had the TWC given certification to 16 of 26 local workforce boards..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...a relationship which was the partial basis of the TWC grant. Defaulted on a promise to provide prizes to..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Welfare Warfare

A Bill Is Born

"...agency" -- the Texas Workforce Commission. As such, the TWC oversees 28 local workforce development boards across the state..."

Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Common Law

Laid Off and Never Got Paid?

"...a wage claim with the Texas Workforce Commission. The TWC administers the Texas Payday Law, which is designed to..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

I got laid off from my job more than three weeks ago. How can I get my old boss to pay me without a big hassle?

"...a wage claim with the Texas Workforce Commission. The TWC administers the Texas Payday Law, which is designed to..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column by Luke Ellis

Naked City

New draconian Texas welfare requirements get thwarted -- for now -- in court

"...Texans losing Medicaid coverage as of Sept. 1. The TWC had issued a new "emergency" rule as a consequence..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

What Price Labor?

Business as Usual

"...a cumbersome process, according to Paul Sherr, a former TWC employee who dealt with wage claims at the commission...."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Common Law

Kids working for parent’s business

"...implements and oversees the law regarding employing children. The TWC has good reference information on its website for anyone..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Column by Luke Ellis

Austin Tries to Address Wage Theft, Texas Tries to Make It Harder

Is your boss stealing from you?

"...to file a claim is made more urgent by TWC's statute of limitations, which currently sits at six months..."

April 28, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE The Austin office of TWC is working in conjunction with other states' offices affected..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...attending school, and so on. To accomplish this, the TWC changed its rules, in secret, to redefine those latter..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Labor: Good, Bad ... and Ugly

Pro-worker bills filed – anti-worker bills with better prospects

"...faith" means in the context of penalties assessed by TWC, while SB 153 would expand the length of time..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Channel Surfing

TV Eye

"...trailers into 'programming,' but take FOX News. Please! That TWC admits that this Rupert Murdoch-owned cable news channel is..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Meanwhile, Back at the Salt Mines

"...on-line on the Texas Workforce Commission's "hi-TEC" server -- http://hi-tec.twc.state.tx.us/general/arcil.htm Austin Area Urban League (478-7176) "provides job training and..."

June 6, 1997 News Feature

System Failure

"...unemployment. For four weeks in a row now the TWC has denied me payment, although I have all evidence..."

April 14, 2020 Postmarks

Public Notice: Congress CARES About You

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

"...the individual states; here, that's the Texas Workforce Commis­sion: www.twc.texas.gov...."

April 3, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Common Law

Can My 15-Year-Old Work During the School Year?

"...the Texas Workforce Commission summary of Texas child-labor laws (www.twc.state.tx.us)...."

Sept. 3, 2010 Column by Luke Ellis

Troublemakers Embraced By Fox, Finally

Rodriguez signs with Fox on Machete distro deal

"...of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D was a no-brainer for Dimension/TWC, but Machete, a ripped-from-the-headlines, pugnaciously populist tale of one..."

Jan. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Common Law

Back to School – Can My 15-Year-Old Still Work?

"...Workforce Commission summary of the Texas Child Labor Laws (www.twc.state.tx.us)..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Teenage workers – can my 14-year-old work?

"...the Texas Workforce Commission summary of Texas child-labor laws (www.twc.state.tx.us)...."

May 4, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...The decision, bolstering a previous District Court ruling, states TWC's move to impose its own arbitrary requirements for eligibility..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Common Law

My daughter just turned 14 over the summer, and she keeps talking about getting a job. I thought you had to be at least 16 before you could work legally. Can she really work at only 14?

"...Workforce Commission summary of the Texas Child Labor Law (www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/lablaw/cllsum.html)...."

Oct. 24, 2003 Column by Luke Ellis

The Theft of Wages Is Sin: Fighting for Migrant Workers

Advocates for migrant workers and local law enforcement team up to get deadbeat employers to pay up.

"...and found they applied to migrant workers. But the TWC -- the state agency charged with handling wage-claim issues..."

Dec. 27, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

CEACO'S Basic Needs Program

"...listed as Texas Workforce Commission funding was news to TWC director of communications David Beshear, who says no one..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

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