Labor


Belfast Telegraph, 03.09.10 10:32 UTC

Somerset Council to axe 1,500 jobs

Somerset Council said it was cutting a third of its workforce over the next three years. The move was to plug a funding gap of £75 million over the same period. Leader of the Conservative-led ...


Forbes, 03.09.10 10:06 UTC

What Fiat's Move Means For Warsaw

The Polish government must redouble its efforts to attract foreign investors or select investors more carefully.


New York Post, 03.09.10 09:16 UTC

Age suit vs. Citi

A former banker for Citigroup says that she was canned because of her age after she went on maternity leave, according to a filing in Brooklyn Civil Court. Cassandra Lilienthal, 51, a business ...


Seattle Times, 03.09.10 09:14 UTC

Obama to comment Friday on jobless report

President Barack Obama will speak to reporters Friday after the Labor Department releases its monthly jobless report.


guardian.co.uk, 03.09.10 08:52 UTC

US jobs market still reeling long after financial crisis

Markets eagerly awaiting the latest US non-farm payroll data today amid fears of a double dip recession in the world's largest economy


Belfast Telegraph, 03.09.10 08:04 UTC

Help bridge the gender 'pay gap', firms urged

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said full-time female workers are paid 16.4% per hour less than men on average, rising to 21.6% in private firms. The commission and the British ...


Belfast Telegraph, 03.09.10 08:03 UTC

RBS chiefs slash another 3,500 jobs

Part-nationalised RBS, which owns Ulster Bank, said the job losses would go across back office and IT functions in the business services arm - coming on top of the division's 9,000 job cuts announced ...


NPR, 03.09.10 08:02 UTC

Worries Over Jobs Numbers Ahead Of New Data

A lot of eyes are trained on the August employment reports due out Friday from the Labor Department. In recent days, the markets have received signals the forecast is not sunny. According to a ...


Herald Scotland, 03.09.10 05:28 UTC

Scotland spared as RBS to cut a further 3500 jobs

Scotland has escaped the Royal Bank of Scotland’s plans to cut another 3500 jobs across the UK. A week after the taxpayer-owned bank announced 440 workers were to lose their jobs at its Direct Line ...


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03.09.10 05:02 UTC

Pa. residents' buying power still eroding

Pennsylvania families were squeezed last year as many residents lost jobs and those working saw their inflation-adjusted buying power eroded by stagnation in income and wages, according to an annual ...