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L.A. County court to eliminate more than 500 jobs this week
This post has been corrected, as noted below.The Los Angeles County Superior Court plans to eliminate more than 500 jobs by the end of the week in a sweeping cost-cutting plan to close a projected $85-million budget shortfall for the next fiscal year. On Friday, layoff notices will be hand-...Tags: Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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More Americans quit jobs, a sign of confidence
WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans are quitting their jobs, suggesting many are growing more confident in the job market. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of people who quit their jobs in April jumped 7.2 percent to 2.25 million....
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment Rate, Federal Reserve, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment
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For some, getting jobless benefits is hard work
Look, I've worked in newspapers for 20 years, so I know that big, complicated organizations breed mistakes like standing water breeds mosquitoes. Messages get botched, deadlines are missed, computers collapse. Stuff, as they say, happens. But after...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Politics, Career and Workplace
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More than 1,700 Illinois workers warned in May of layoffs
Tribune staff reportMore than 1,700 Illinois workers received notice in May that they could be laid off in the coming weeks, according to filings with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Caterpillar warned it could add 299 workers to a round of...Tags: Woodstock (McHenry, Illinois), Book, Layoffs and Downsizing, Berkeley (Cook, Illinois), Waukegan
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University of Maryland Medical Center to begin layoffs this month
The University of Maryland Medical Center will send layoff notices to employees at the end of the month as it looks to cut costs in the wake of federal budget cuts and what it and other state hospitals have called inadequate rate increases. Jeffrey...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Debt
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Allentown School District to lay off 99 teachers
Teacher rallies, parent protests and desperate pleas to the school board couldn't change the bottom line. Allentown School District had to cut. And nearly 100 teachers are losing their jobs. The cash-strapped district has formally notified 99 teachers...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Teaching and Learning, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Unions
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LETTER: Declining Unemployment?
I just read in The Courant that Connecticut unemployment claims have declined by 11,000 due to job gains [June 7, Business, Claims By Jobless Fall, As Do Layoffs”]. Really? Are you sure it's not because possibly thousands of people (me included)...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Memorial Day
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A year after bankruptcy, lives unsettled still
The closing of the steel mill at Sparrows Point overwhelmed Bob Jennings. Too young to retire at 59, he faced a gloomy job market for local manufacturing workers and a bureaucracy that couldn't get him timely training help. He felt like a failure. No,...
Tags: Services and Shopping, University of Maryland Baltimore County, York (York, Pennsylvania), Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment
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School districts have more freedom to cut teachers
When Superintendent Susan McGinley was asked last spring to explain Easton Area School District's plan for eliminating 49 teachers, she picked up a stack of paper and started reading. Over the next six minutes, McGinley read to the school board word for...
Tags: Finance, Layoffs and Downsizing, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Teaching and Learning, Unemployment
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$1 Million In Lawyers' Bills To Taxpayers For State's Defeat In Court
The Hartford CourantThe U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on May 31 reversed a lower court ruling, and gave unionized state employees a major victory in a 2003 class action lawsuit against ex-Gov. John G. Rowland and his budget chief, Marc Ryan. The appeals panel of...Tags: Labor Legislation, AFSCME, Unions, George C. Jepsen, Waterbury
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Laid-off older workers will continue to struggle
Chicago TribuneWhile the nation's economy is on the mend after the Great Recession of 2008, many people who lost jobs at age 50 or over are expected to struggle for the rest of their lives. The average person who loses a job after age 50 is expected to have an income...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Social Security, Layoffs and Downsizing, Personal Finance, Finance
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