Rob Asaro-Angelo Archives - New Jersey Globe

N.J. labor commissioner testifies at House hearing on unemployment insurance fraud

October 19, 2023 1:21 pm

A hearing of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight today featured a notable New Jersey witness: Rob Asaro-Angelo, the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development under Gov. Phil Murphy. Asaro-Angelo – who was...

Corrado calls for Asaro-Angelo’s resignation

March 21, 2022 5:06 pm

State Sen. Kristin Corrado (R-Wyckoff) called today for Labor Department Commissioner Rob Asaro-Angelo’s resignation, echoing her 40th district running mate Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips (R-Wyckoff), who proposed articles of impeachment against Asaro-Angelo earlier this month. “Every attempt to work with the...

Asaro-Angelo defends Labor Department’s record at Senate hearing

March 10, 2022 5:33 pm

Labor Commissioner Rob Asaro-Angelo testified before the Senate Labor Committee for more than three hours this afternoon, defending his department’s record over the course of the pandemic and responding to questions from senators on the department’s still-lingering backlog of unemployment...

DePhillips to propose articles of impeachment against Asaro-Angelo

March 10, 2022 10:15 amMarch 10, 2022 11:57 am

Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips (R-Wyckoff) announced this morning that he plans to introduce a resolution to impeach Labor Commissioner Rob Asaro-Angelo, whose department has come under fire from both parties for its handling of unemployment claims during the pandemic. “Enough is...

Murphy sidesteps questions on payroll tax hike, unemployment benefits for the unvaccinated

September 13, 2021 2:59 pm

At Gov. Phil Murphy’s now twice-a-week Covid press briefing today, the governor was asked about the possibility of using federal aid money to prevent a payroll tax hike and whether those fired for being unvaccinated would be eligible for unemployment...

Department of Labor ups response goal for unemployment claims referred by lawmakers

March 23, 2021 5:27 pmMarch 23, 2021 10:42 pm

This story was updated to include information about a Feb. 26 email exchange between Smith’s staff and the front office at 10:42 p.m. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) on Tuesday celebrated the removal of a limit on lawmaker unemployment referrals the...

New jobless claims lowest since mid-March

February 25, 2021 2:11 pm

New jobless claims fell to their lowest point since mid-March last week, the New Jersey Department of Labor announced Thursday. Another 10,776 new Jersey residents filed unemployment claims last week, a decline of about 7% from the previous week’s 11,563....