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Companies are not supposed to pick new workers on the basis of race, color or creed. That usually also extends to weight and age. However, these two groups are at a distinct disadvantage when they...
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Struggling industrial giant GE announced this morning that it will fire 12,000 employees in the company's Power segment as the company seeks to reduce costs and return to profitability.
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Large companies do not appear to care whether they destroy the holidays for some of their workers. Pre-Christmas layoffs seem to be rampant this year.
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YouTube means to employ over 10,000 people to police hate content, fake news and sexually explicit postings. Is that enough?
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Macy's announced Friday that it only plans to hire an additional 7,000 seasonal associates for positions at its stores nationwide for the 2017 holiday season.
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American Airlines will be among the first huge U.S. firms to make a widespread effort to train its employees in racial diversity and inclusion policies.
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Toyota has told workers at its Georgetown, Kentucky, plant that they need to reduce costs or face the possibility of having the work done elsewhere.
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Alaska, the 49th state to join the Union, had the highest unemployment rate of any state in October. Hawaii, the 50th, had the lowest. That shows how uneven the job recovery after the Great Recession...
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Among the concerns about job growth in the United States as its recovered from the Great Recession was that low-paying jobs were too large a part of the advance.
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One group that still suffers from unusually high, nearly recession-level joblessness, is black Americans. The jobless rate for the group was 7.5% last month.
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Bitcoin prices rallied again, labor problems may undermine Tesla's production plans, a rise in Thanksgiving holiday travel is expected, and more important headlines.
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Tesla is reportedly firing more than the announced 205 SolarCity employees the company is letting go in its Sacramento office. More-than-expected assembly workers at the company's auto plant may be...
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A shortage of new drivers is the biggest problem facing the trucking industry according to a new report released Monday. Self-driving trucks were not even a consideration.
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Clearly the cost of paying employees is not the only reason for Merrill Lynch to downgrade Chipotle Mexican Grill, but it is a major issue for the company.
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When it comes to how much money they make, historically a taboo topic, millennials are less reluctant to share salary information than baby boomers, says a new study.
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