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Best of Fairfield County 2013: Best Local Employment Agency
1) Merritt Staffing 99 Hawley Lane Stratford (203) 386-8800 merrittstaffing.com 2) Express Employment Professionals 1495 Black Rock Tpke. Fairfield (203) 368-3334 3) Diversified Employment Services 63 Center St. Shelton (203) 924-...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Shelton, Stratford
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Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws
In 1986, lawmakers decided the problem of illegal immigration had to be dealt with. More than 3 million people were living in the United States after crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas. A new law signed by President Ronald Reagan...
Tags: Elections, Heritage Foundation, U.S. Department of Labor, Labor Markets, Health and Safety at Work
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Afghans on U.S. bases losing jobs after years of devoted service
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — Abdul Shakour was working the night shift at Bagram air base repairing American vehicles when he was called to an emergency meeting. The news was bad: Shakour and 22 other Afghan mechanics were being laid off. After seven...
Tags: Job Layoffs, Unemployment, U.S. Army, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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CORRECTED-FACTBOX-Five top host countries for Americans studying abroad
Reuters(In the signoff, corrects the spelling of the reporter's name to Kathleen Kingsbury.) May 13 (Reuters) - The number of U.S. students enrolled in full-degree programs at universities outside the United States grew 4 percent to about 46,000 last year,...Tags: Australia, University of Paris, London School of Economics, France, Science and Technology
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Baltimore's local hiring bill worth a try
The Sun's argument that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake should veto Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young's local hiring bill is quite weak on a number of fronts ("Noble but flawed," May 15). First, The Sun argues that if challenged, the proposed law...
Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Employment, Lawyers
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Baltimore's noble but flawed hiring bill
On the face of it, City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young's local hiring bill sounds eminently reasonable. When Baltimore spends its residents' tax dollars, why shouldn't it do so in a way that supports hiring city residents, particularly...
Tags: Thomas Menino, The Boston Globe, Labor Legislation, Bernard C. Young, Judges
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Baltimore's investments in job creation
A strong and sustainable 21st century economy can only be built from the bottom up. And today, as President Barack Obama visits Baltimore, it is this fact that will drive us to join with him to renew a call for Congress to focus on common-sense...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Baltimore Red Line, Baltimore City Community College, Employment, Career and Workplace
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California jobless rate falls to 9%
No one ever said the economic recovery would be pretty. California eked out more growth in April as employers added 10,400 jobs, bringing the net total added over the year to 273,000. The state's unemployment rate dropped to 9% from 9.4% the month...
Tags: Walmart, Unemployment, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Career and Workplace, Employment
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Bill helps students make better decisions on higher education
In today's competitive, knowledge-based global economy, a college education is one of the most important investments an American student can make to succeed. It can also be one of the most expensive. The importance of accessing and completing a higher...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Teaching and Learning, Graduation, Students
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Unemployment continues to fall as consumer confidence rebounds
A surging stock market and rebounding housing prices are translating into a robust job market in South Florida. South Florida's unemployment continued its decline in April, dropping a notch to 5.6 percent in Broward and 6.8 percent in Palm Beach County,...Tags: Unemployment, Land Price, Executive Branch, Rick Scott, Government
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Measure of US economy's future health rises 0.6 percent in April after March dip
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of the U.S. economy's future health rose solidly in April, buoyed by a sharp rise in applications to build homes and a better job market. The Conference Board said Friday that its index of leading indicators increased 0....Tags: Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, Employment, Homes, Consumer Confidence
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Labor official brings minimum-wage push to Baltimore
The fight over the federal minimum wage is coming to Baltimore. The head of the U.S. Department of Labor plans to swing into town Tuesday to talk to low-wage workers about how they make — or don't make — ends meet. Seth D. Harris, the agency'...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Breads, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Tom Harkin, U.S. Department of Labor
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