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Seasonal Hiring Plans Reflect Those of 2008
With the national unemployment rate hovering dangerously close to 10 percent, the results of two recent surveys reveal the outlook for seasonal hiring in the fourth quarter of 2009 is projected to be similar to 2008 and a far cry from what it was a couple of years ago.
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Small Businesses Ready to Hire but Fear Benefits Costs
The nation’s unemployment rate might have hit a 26-year high in September 2009, but many small business owners are getting ready to hire, according to the results of a survey.
Labor Market Continues to Send Mixed Signals
HR professionals are gaining confidence in the U.S. job market. They hope to start hiring again. They just don’t know when.
Court Clarifies Layoff Procedures
A federal court says an employer can't count resignations as "employment losses" under the WARN Act.
Report: Enforcement of ‘Broken’ Immigration Laws Isn’t Working
The United States’ immigration system is “frozen in time, locked into legal limits on immigration that were set in 1990 and subsequently restricted by laws passed in 1996,” according to an Oct. 21, 2009, report from the Immigration Policy Center, the policy arm of the American Immigration Council. And the impact is far-reaching.
U.S. Manufacturers Starving Amid Plenty
In one of the bleakest ironies of the grim U.S. economic situation, some manufacturers are shedding millions of jobs while others are begging for employees. Why?
‘A’-Game Recruiting Raises Bar for Workforce Competence, Profitability
Supreme Court Will Decide When Clock Starts Running on Disparate Impact Claims
3rd Circuit: Independent Contractor May Bring Section 1981 Race Discrimination Claim
Modest Hiring Gains for Manufacturing, Service Sectors Expected in October
DHL Express V.P.: Management Strategies Changed by Great Recession
Time to Review Reference, Social Media Usage Policies?
Other Employment & Staffing News
Economy Grew at Torrid 3.5% Rate in 3Q;How Fast Will It Fade?
30,000 Stimulus Jobs Figure is Way Off the Mark
Economy is Kick-started, but Can it Motor Ahead?
Early Reports: Job Gains Signal Stimulus Impact
One Step Closer to More Jobless Benefits