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Workforce Management
April 25, 2018
Discovery of those deficiencies led the supervisor to review Bailey's qualifications as set forth in her employment application. That review, in turn ... That discovery, coupled with the performance deficiencies, caused Oakwood to terminate Bailey's employment upon her return from maternity leave. In Bailey v.
WTVQ
April 25, 2018
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ)- In support of Governor Bevin's Kentucky Work Matters Task Force, blind and visually impaired Kentuckians will soon have increased career opportunities in the food service industry. The Kentucky Office for the Blind will assume management later this spring of two cafeteriasÃâà...
Bloomberg Big Law Business
April 25, 2018
A Dallas, Tex. boutique law firm is splitting in two, amicably. Keith Clouse and Alyson Brown have launched a new employment law firm in Dallas: Clouse Brown. The two are joined by attorneys Emily Stout, Camille Avant, Bruce Rothstein, and Jesse Clouse. All six lawyers previously practiced with ClouseÃâà...
Virginian-Pilot
April 25, 2018
First impressions matter a great deal in business, which is one of the reasons why EMJ Cleaning Services encourages business owners to make a clean office one of their top priorities. For Atlanta area businesses that are considering hiring a professional cleaning service, EMJ offers free on-site estimatesÃâà...
Utah Business
April 25, 2018
Salt Lake City—Utah's nonfarm payroll employment for March 2018 grew by an estimated 3.3 percent, adding 48,000 jobs to the economy since March 2017. Utah's current employment level registers 1,501,800. No revisions were made to February's year-over job growth rate. March's seasonally adjustedÃâà...
South China Morning Post
April 25, 2018
The agency confirmed sex work/escort is on the skilled employment list, despite it not being on the skill-shortage list. A sex worker or escort is defined as someone as providing clients with sexual services or social companionship. “The list itself comes from the Australian and New Zealand StandardÃâà...
The American Prospect
April 25, 2018
In other words, full employment—once a staple of Democrats' rhetoric and on occasion an element of Democrats' substance—has returned to their lexicon ... Full employment didn't emerge as a federal government cause celebre until 1944, when the topmost fed himself—Franklin Roosevelt—made it theÃâà...
UNHCR
April 24, 2018
Employers can and should play a central role in this process, but need to be supported by sound policy and actions from other stakeholders, including at the local level. Together we can make the most of refugee skills, talent and potentials” said Stefano Scarpetta, OECD's Director for employment labourÃâà...
Olean Times Herald
April 22, 2018
PORTVILLE — Manufacturers at Dream It Do It Western New York's Manufacturing and STEM Fair on Friday had the goal of dispelling what they say are common misconceptions: local students have to go to college and move out of the area to land a good job. Many used the opportunity to tell students thatÃâà...
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
April 22, 2018
The California Economic Development Department released their unemployment data for Los Angeles County for the month of March. The unemployment rate for L.A. County has remained unchanged from February, at 4.5 percent down from 4.9 percent a year a go. Civilian Employment has remainedÃâà...
Ocala
April 21, 2018
According to CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion (CLM), the March employment summary released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity stated that preliminary unemployment rates were 5.2 percent for Citrus County, down 0.3 percentage points over the month; 3.9 percent for LevyÃâà...
Anderson Independent Mail
April 21, 2018
As Anderson's jobs picture continues to brighten, indications are strong that the surge will continue. The number of employed workers in the county grew by 588 between February and March, raising the employment total to a record 86,988, according to figures released Friday by the South CarolinaÃâà...
Longmont Times-Call
April 21, 2018
The Boulder region is tops in the state for employment. The unemployment rate for the Boulder metropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Boulder County, was 2.5 percent in March, according to statistics released Friday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. That jobless rate tiesÃâà...
NBC4i.com
April 21, 2018
COLUMBUS (WCMH) - Nearly two dozen employers across Columbus came together Friday to help provide employment for young men of color. The summit and job fair is part of the city's "My Brothers Keeper" initiative, which was launched by former president Barack Obama in 2014. "I feel like it is a reallyÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
April 21, 2018
... only if their actions affected "the church's integrity and credibility." The director of Germany's federal anti-discrimination agency, Christine Landers, told the Catholic news agency, KNA, the ruling meant churches would now have to "be able to explain every employment decision comprehensively in court."Ãâà...
Seeking Alpha
April 20, 2018
The fact that these also happen to be the two mandated targets of the Federal Reserve – full employment and price stability – is more than coincidental. My struggle is in attempting to decide whether demand-pull inflation can survive the impact of a rapid rise in unemployment come the next recession.
CBS News
April 19, 2018
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are working to address an often-overlooked problem that's hurting our military community: 38 percent of military spouses are underemployed, compared with about eight percent in the economy as a whole. About 12 percent are unemployed, nearly three times the national rate.
Fairfield Daily Republic
April 2, 2018
FAIRFIELD — NorthBay Medical Center employee Mary VanEck is about to retire. She doesn't want to make a fuss. Really, she doesn't. But. . . a fuss should probably be made. At least a small one, anyway. VanEck isn't simply leaving a job behind when the time is right like most retirees, she's leaving herÃâà...
KSBY San Luis Obispo News
April 1, 2018
Local veterans gathered at The Wall That Heals to receive assistance and services on Saturday. The 2018 Veterans' Stand Down event, held at the Madonna Meadows in conjunction with The Wall That Heals event, connects veterans in need to benefits and services, including employment and housing.
Law.com
March 30, 2018
Employment lawyers have described the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) drawn up by Allen & Overy (A&O) for the settlement between disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein and his former assistant Zelda Perkins as being “perilously close to unenforceable” and containing “extraordinary” provisionsÃâà...
NRToday.com
March 30, 2018
The county's total payroll employment grew by 90 jobs in February with an increase in the leisure and hospitality industry. Over the year, the manufacturing sector added 240 jobs, construction went up by 150 jobs and the trade, transportation and utilities industry gained 110 jobs over the year.
Law.com
March 30, 2018
This article advocates for having in-house or retained counsel make periodic reviews of corporate employment agreements and for having counsel involved in any new hire where there is strong likelihood that the position will lead to the creation of IP. Furthermore, interviewing a potential new hire with priorÃâà...
WITN
March 30, 2018
NASH COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - An Eastern Carolina building group is looking to fill a few open jobs Friday morning. Clayton Nashville, which is part of the Clayton Home Building Group, is holding a job fair in Nashville. Applicants will conduct quick interviews on site and must be able to pass a drug test.
WAVY-TV
March 30, 2018
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - The transition from military to the civilian job force can be difficult, but a new center in Norfolk is promising to connect two worlds and help military families find jobs. The Hampton Roads Veterans Employment Center held its grand opening in Norfolk Friday morning. Opportunity Inc.
NorthJersey.com
March 30, 2018
The board passed a resolution to have Rice notices (a formal notice that a board is going to talk about employment matters) issued to Superintendent Nicholas Perrapato and Business Administrator Edward Izbicki at a special meeting Thursday night that was originally called to approve the proposedÃâà...
The National Law Review
March 29, 2018
When setting workplace expectations, proactive employers should recognize the varying levels of literacy and English fluency in today's workforce, as well as the need for employment information to be accessible to individuals with disabilities. Plain English policies, which are clear to the average reader,Ãâà...
The Hill
March 29, 2018
As they work to pass their budgets, high-tax states have been grappling with what to do about the new $10,000 federal deductibility cap on state and local taxes (SALT). In New York, Gov. Cuomo came up with a proposal, rumored to be in the pending budget deal, to cut state income taxes to keep moreÃâà...
Staffing Industry Analysts
March 29, 2018
Temporary employment in France recorded a growth of 7.3% in February when compared to last year, according to data from Prism'Emploi, the French association of employment agencies. Over the year, 45,000 temporary jobs were created. The biggest increases came from transport (16.5%), industryÃâà...
Your News Now
March 29, 2018
If you're looking for employment or want to make a change in your employment, you may want to attend an informational meeting tomorrow (3/29/18) morning. For the first time, the West Central Ohio Manufacturing Consortium is holding a meeting for anyone who has heard about his training courses.
UNF Spinnaker
March 29, 2018
The LGBT Resource Center will be holding an LGBT Employment Summit in the west Student Union Ballrooms on April 6. The event is geared towards persons of all sexual orientations and genders who are seeking employment opportunities in inclusive environments. The event will include breakoutÃâà...
Buffalo News
March 29, 2018
The Buffalo Niagara region had 551 jobs tied to the solar energy industry during 2017, according to a new report on solar employment by the Solar Foundation. That amounts to one job for every 1,000 other jobs in the Buffalo Niagara region. The 551 jobs were up 8 percent, or 42 jobs, from 509 in 2016 andÃâà...
Business West (blog)
March 29, 2018
BOSTON — Local unemployment rates increased in 14 labor-market areas, decreased in one, and remained the same in nine labor market areas in the state during the month of February, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported. Compared to February 2017, the rates dropped inÃâà...
AppleInsider
March 29, 2018
Looking to the future and employment, Cook declares that "education is lifelong," in that people can't simply go to school for 12 years and stop learning. People need to embrace education as a lifelong process, as jobs are always being replaced by someone or something, forcing people to change.
The Denver Post
March 29, 2018
But solar employment rose in 29 states, including Colorado, which added 785 solar industry jobs, lifting its total to 6,789 in 2017 from 6,004 in 2016, a 13 percent gain. The states that added the most workers last year are Utah, up 1,762; Minnesota, up 1,383; Arizona, up 1,070; and New Jersey, up 1,050.
Lexology
March 26, 2018
Following a public consultation on the review of the Singapore Employment Act (the “EA”), the Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”) announced on 5 March 2018 that amendments to the EA will be implemented effective 1 April 2019. Significantly, a key amendment to the EA involves enhancing the current EAÃâà...
WV News
March 26, 2018
CHARLESTON — The employees of the Charleston Gazette-Mail will likely soon learn if they will be maintaining their positions with the award-winning publication. Attorneys of H-D Media, owner of the Huntington Herald-Dispatch, have said the company intends to close its purchase of the Gazette by theÃâà...
Floor Focus
March 26, 2018
Arlington, VA, March 26, 2018-Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between February 2017 and February 2018, while 38 states added construction jobs between January and February, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data.
WesternSlopeNow
March 26, 2018
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Mesa County Work Force Center is getting job seekers employment-ready with their Jump Start Job Fair Boot Camp. The Boot Camp was held this afternoon to teach those looking for a job how to network, fill out online applications, as well as interview tips. It's designed toÃâà...
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
March 26, 2018
WATERLOO — Black Hawk County employment prospects continue on a promising trend, with unemployment hovering at 3.1 percent. However, not everyone is positioned to take advantage. A job-seeker's criminal record is an employment barrier, said Debra Hodges-Harmon, business services team leadÃâà...
Crain's Cleveland Business
March 26, 2018
The unemployment picture in Greater Cleveland is getting better, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, but the coming months will show whether that's a fleeting trend or one that's here to stay. According to a study released March 26, Cleveland Fed researchers found thatÃâà...
ABC News
March 26, 2018
New Zealand's central bank said Monday it will consider employment as well as inflation when setting interest rates and making other monetary policy decisions. The Reserve Bank has aimed to keep inflation under control at about 2 percent. Now the bank will also aim to maximize sustainable employment.
Crain's Detroit Business
March 26, 2018
It can be a tremendous stress reducer for family companies to have family employment policies in place. Rejeana Heinrich, associate director at the Stevens Center for Family Business at Saginaw Valley State University, said one of the biggest issues family companies face is that business can becomeÃâà...
9News.com KUSA
March 23, 2018
Resources to help teens find summer employment. Now may be a good time to start looking for a summer job for your teen. Author: KUSA. Published: 3:21 PM MDT March 22, 2018. Updated: 5:04 PM MDT March 22, 2018. Summer will be here before we know it. Now may be a good time to start looking for a job for your teenÃâà...
wreg.com
March 23, 2018
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Finding a job after getting out of prison can be tough, but state leaders are looking to make it easier for some ex-offenders to land on their feet. Life after prison can be tough--even if a person does have a plan in place. "If a person didn't have that criminal background, he or she may haveÃâà...
Law.com
March 23, 2018
Big-name companies with employment contract cases pending in federal appeals courts include AT&T, American Express, Dominos Pizza, Hobby Lobby and CVS Pharmacy. JPMorgan Chase and Uber Technologies have pending cases at the NLRB. In certain instances, these cases have been on hold forÃâà...
WMTV
March 23, 2018
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state Assembly has passed a Republican bill that would prohibit local governments from enacting a wide variety of employment regulations. The chamber passed the bill on a voice vote Thursday, sending it on to Gov. Scott Walker. The measure would block local officials fromÃâà...
China Law Blog (blog)
March 23, 2018
Our China lawyers are constantly helping foreign companies set up companies in China — usually wholly foreign owned enterprises or WFOEs. As part of these WFOE formations, we help our clients with their employment matters that arise before, during and after the WFOE is formed. One of the things weÃâà...
New Haven Register
March 23, 2018
Both the state and New Haven-area economies saw job growth in February, according to employment data released Thursday by the Connecticut Department of Labor. Connecticut added 2,600 jobs last month while the New Haven Labor Market Area saw an increase of 1,500 workers. The New HavenÃâà...
Arizona Daily Star
March 23, 2018
“So as more individuals come into the labor force, enticed back in either as new entrants who are recent graduates or individuals coming back in because they're more optimistic about their opportunities for finding employment, that's going to have an impact on employment rate calculation,” he said.
Farm Futures
March 22, 2018
Hiring and employment trends in ag. In 2017, the top three searched words on AgCareers.com were “Sales,” “Agronomy,” and “Internship.” Bonnie Johnson | Mar 22, 2018. For ten years, AgCareers.com has analyzed candidate and job posting trends in the agricultural industry for the annual Agribusiness Job Outlook ReportÃâà...
