Earlier in this week we have talked about the closure of two hospitals in Hawaii and the negative impact that it could have on the surrounding area. Here is an excerpt in case you didn’t catch it the first time around: “That may be the situation that will be face by the workers at Hawaii [...]
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Some of you may recall that in November the workers of Nassau County were given a warning that they may be laid off. For those of you who did not catch it, here is an excerpt from our earlier coverage: “The odds are that unless you live inside the five boroughs you know Nassau County [...]
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You may remember earlier in this month when we reported some good news about the unemployment statistics. For those of you who did not catch the coverage here is an excerpt: “According to a statement put out by the US government the total number of people who were seeking benefits for unemployment have dropped significantly. [...]
Continue reading...29. December 2011
When you log onto a site such as Facebook and begin to play your favorite social game, whether it is the monstrously popular Farmville, Words with Friends or a lesser known game, you will find that you’re thinking about the games (or about how much you hate the ads that come along with the games) [...]
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No one wants to experience a layoff but in some ways the fear of losing your job can be just as bad. When you think that you might be laid off you do not know exactly what to do. Should you start looking for a new job, should you work extra long and hard to [...]
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It looks like bad news is coming for the officers of the Pennsylvania State Police. They are looking down the barrel of some serious law enforcement layoffs in the fast approaching budget for the New Year. The governor of the state, Mr. Tom Corbett, has already made it plain that these cuts could be extensive, [...]
Continue reading...28. December 2011
The city of York, Pennsylvania is getting ready to approve its budget for next year and when they do some serious cuts to the budget they are actually going to have to get rid of a significant number of staffers. Both the police department and the fire department are expecting to lose staff by the [...]
Continue reading...28. December 2011
We have talked a fair bit about the potential layoffs in the finical section in the coming months and perhaps years. For those of you who do not recall our earlier coverage about what is to come in bank layoffs, according to analysts: “Lately layoffs in the banking industry have been getting a lot of [...]
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When layoffs come the process can be emotional for everyone involved. Though the person who is hardest hit is the one who is now out of job and they can often feel personally targeted by the system. For most of us those feelings are pushed aside and we choose to simply begin the long search [...]
Continue reading...27. December 2011
The name of Mitt Romney and the word layoffs are coming up together a lot in the last few weeks. As you may recall from some of our earlier coverage he tried to deflect some of the blame from himself by telling people that the president was responsible for the 2007 recession, a year before [...]
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30. December 2011
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