Apprenticeships

The Challenges And Benefits Of FMLA, This West Virginia Morning

If your aging parent needs surgery, you might need to take time away from work to care for them. A federal policy called the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives many employees job-protected leave for caregiving. But it has noteworthy limitations.

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State Schools Report Success With Apprenticeship Program

The Classroom 2 Career (C2C) Apprenticeship program blends classroom-based instruction with structured, paid work experience, tailored to meet the needs of students and local workforce partners.

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High School Pre-Apprenticeship Program To Enhance Career Pathways

A newly announced public-private effort to enhance career training for West Virginia high school students is also aimed at strengthening the talent pipeline for Mountain State industries and improving the state’s workforce participation rate.

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Traditional Music And Traditional Tattoos Live On At The Parlor Room

John Haywood of Whitesburg, Kentucky says he got his first guitar and his first tattoo when he was about 13 years old. These days, Haywood is the proprietor of Parlor Room Art and Tattoo in downtown Whitesburg. It’s a place where some people get inked up … and some play traditional music. It’s a place unlike any other, as Zack Harold reports.

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