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Chicago's Black-Owned Firms See Slice of City Work ShrinkBlack-owned firms have seen their share of city contracts fall slightly this year, Chicago officials said Monday. ...continue |
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Desperate Employees Come to Work SickEmployees who do not get paid for sick days are reporting to work ill, raising fears they could be spreading the H1N1 flu virus, U.S. health officials say. ...continue |
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Chrysler Offers New Round of BuyoutsU.S. automaker Chrysler Group LLC says it has offered buyouts and early retirements to 23,000 workers in a bid to cut costs. ...continue |
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GameStop Hiring 15,000 Seasonal WorkersAre you at least 16? Do you spend hours every day in virtual combat? You might be qualified to work at GameStop. The Grapevine-based video game chain says it expects to hire about 15,000 part-time seasonal workers for its 4,300 stores between now and Christmas Eve. ...continue |
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Top Female Chief Executives Lacking in Developed NationsMore than 46 percent of big corporations in the 30 countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have no women at the top decision-making levels, a UN survey said Monday. ...continue |
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New York Times Shaving 100 from NewsroomThe New York Times is to slash 100 jobs in its newsroom as the largest and most prestigious newspaper in the U.S. continues to struggle with the drop in advertising and readership that is bedeviling the newspaper business. ...continue |
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Older Job Hunters Face HurdlesMost Americans over age 55 plan to work until they are at least 69, but many who seek a new job have a difficult time finding one, according to a new study by the MetLife Mature Market Institute. ...continue |
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White House Releases Stimulus Jobs DataFederal contracts relying on the 2009 recovery act created or saved 30,383 jobs, a preliminary figure, the U.S. government said. ...continue |
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Man Completes 50 Jobs in 50 StatesA Skokie, Ill., man who has finished his quest to work 50 jobs in 50 states said his hardest task was making cheese in Wisconsin. ...continue |
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Working from Home on the RiseU.S. research groups said the number of workers setting up businesses at home has hit nearly 10 percent of the workforce and is likely to continue growing. ...continue |
