Tag: WORKFORCE
Wind power should be a breeze in Ohio, adding tho...
"Environment Ohio has released a report predicting the creation of approximately 3,100 jobs in the state if the use of wind power in Ohio increases to 20 percent of the state's energy production.Most of the jobs would come from the manufacturing of the actual wind turbines...
Google axes 300 from DoubleClick
Google is making significant job cuts for the first time, proving even giants aren't invincible."Google has announced its first sizeable cuts, with the axing of 300 jobs at its online advertising unit DoubleClick.The...
CNET "Realigns" 10% of Staff
In an effort to please shareholders and spur longterm growth, CNET will be cutting 120 jobs, or 10% of its staff. (I didn't realize that their staff was that big to begin with)"Business Unit Realignment: with the...
Job growth ups 11% in Vancouver in five years
"Employment in Vancouver reached 1,104,800 in 2006, a gain of 11.0% from 2001, acording to the latest census data. This was faster than the 9.6% growth rate from 1996 to 2001."
Norway ponders robot care for elderly
One step closer to a Jetson's world."OSLO (Reuters) - Household robots may help human carers look after the growing number of elderly Norwegians in years to come, enabling them to live longer and more comfortably in...
Southland, New Zealand, in need of more workers
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"Southland is currently facing significant changes to labour market requirements and this, coupled with an ageing workforce, means we are unable to keep up with employment needs," Mr Adam said.
"Southland has...
EMI to cut up to a third of workforce in restruct...
The years of plenty of cash have long gone for the recording companies with the advent of downloads and free music via YouTube and MySpace. EMI should have cut their cost years ago, but one gem remains their property portfolio which is worth millions.... "The new owners...
Make New Year's Resolution to Get Free Credit Report
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According to The Washington Post the Federal Trade Commission has estimated that 8.3 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2005, the most recent data available. But the crown jewel in identity theft, the Social Security number, can be mined easily in the...
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from...
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While important progress has been made, critical areas of the nation's emergency health preparedness effort still require attention. In addition, the continuing trend of annual cuts in federal funding for state and local preparedness activities threatens the nation's...
Misclassified Workers to File New Social Security...
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WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has developed a new form for employees who have been misclassified as independent contractors by an employer. Form 8919, Uncollected Social Security and Medicare Tax on Wages, will now be used to figure and report the...
Feminism Didn’t get Women into the Workforce
There have been a couple of prominent theories advanced to answer
this seemingly simple question. One popular theory is that women
started working during WW II and they just never left. Another theory
is that...
BBC to Lay Off 2-3000 People
That's 12% of its workforce -- with most of the firings coming from the "factual programming" division. Egads. "The BBC is poised to cut at least 12 per cent of its workforce, with the brunt of more than 2,000...
Underpaid, easy to sack: UK's second class workforce
"The government will face a challenge from unions tomorrow over the impact of migration on Labour's core working-class voters. The use of agency workers, most of them migrants, to drive down the pay and conditions of British workers is the sort of contentious issue the Labour...
Mozambique's Mine-Detecting Rats
Fifteen years after the end of Mozambique's civil war, unexploded ordinance continues to pockmark the landscape. to the rescue come ... giant rats.Two years ago, a European demining firm touched upon training local...
Study - Racism in US Workforce
"Race, not space, key to lower black male employment rate Economists shed light on low-skilled workers’ black-white
employment gap Irvine, Calif., June
19, 2007
A new study finds that in areas where low-skilled...
