LEGISLATION TO HELP GET FORMER CASINO WORKERS BACK IN A JOB ADVANCES

Legislation to help those casino workers without a job took a step in Trenton this week. The bill would establish the Education Initiative for Former Casino Workers to support training and educational instruction for former casino employees. The program would dedicate $1.35 million – 5 percent of the 45 percent of Workforce Development Partnership Fund monies reserved for customized training – to assisting individuals who were employed by a casino in the past two years or are employed and have received a notice of layoff. The legislation was sponsored by Assemblymen Vince Mazzeo and Bob Andrzejczak.