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Michel Cournoyer
Immigrant Women’s Labour Market Activity in Canada – The enduring influence of source-country gender-role attitudes
Previous studies have found a strong association between source-country female labour force participation rates and immigrant women’s labour force participation in the host country. This relationship is interpreted as the enduring influence of source-country gender-role attitudes on immigrant women’s labour market activity. However, the assumption that source-country female labour force participation levels closely capture cultural … Continue reading
The Euro in Southern Europe – Human sacrifice to save the political project Nigel Farage says
One thing I know for certain is that this year the EU elite will go on forcing the peoples of southern Europe to suffer in the name of the euro. No matter how much the Greeks, Italians, Portuguese, Spanish and French suffer, the elite in Brussels, Frankfurt and Berlin will go on telling them that … Continue reading
Sony Mobile – To cut 1,000 jobs
Sony Corp plans to cut another 1,000 jobs in its smartphone division, mainly in Europe and China, the Nikkei business daily reported. The cuts are in addition to the 1,000 jobs Sony said it would eliminate in its mobile unit in October, the Nikkei said. Overall, Sony’s mobile division workforce will shrink by about 30 … Continue reading
Automotive Jobs in Canada – Since 2001, more than 53,000 jobs have been lost
The automotive industry’s contributions to the Canadian economy have declined significantly compared to the years between the late 1990s and mid-2000s when automotive manufacturing accounted for eleven per cent of total manufacturing GDP (Sweeney, 2013). While employment in the automotive industry has decreased since 2000, and production capacity in several segments has declined, the industry … Continue reading
The 10 Most Promising Jobs in 2015
1. Physician Assistant Number of openings: 45,500 Average base salary: $111,000 Career opportunities rating (ranked from 1-5): 3.5 2. Software Engineer Number of job openings: 104,800 Average base salary: $98,100 Career opportunities rating (ranked from 1-5): 3.3 3. Business Development Manager Number of job openings: 12,000 Average base salary: $94,900 Career opportunities rating (ranked from … Continue reading
The Sharing Economy – The dark side of the jobs
It’s true that, in many ways, sharing-economy jobs can offer more autonomy than traditional employer-employee relationships. But there’s a dark side to these work arrangements that gets considerably less press: the shifting of risk off corporate balance sheets and onto the shoulders of individual Americans, who may not even realize what kinds of liabilities they’re … Continue reading
Tim Hortons – Planning ‘significant’ layoffs
Tim Hortons is set to lay off a “significant” number of employees of its head and regional offices next week, according to sources. The layoffs, anticipated to some degree since Burger King finalized its merger with the country’s biggest coffee and baked good chain last month, could come as early as Tuesday, sources familiar with … Continue reading
IBM dismisses report of massive layoffs
IBM dismissed on Monday a Forbes magazine report claiming the technology firm is preparing to cut about 26% of its workforce, which would represent its biggest-ever layoffs. via IBM dismisses Forbes report of massive layoffs | News | Tech | Toronto Sun. Related Post Biggest-Ever Corporate Layoffs at IBM – To Cut more than 111,000 Jobs … Continue reading
Richest 1% will own more than the rest of the world by 2016
The explosion in inequality is holding back the fight against global poverty according to a new Oxfam report, Wealth: Having it all and wanting more, the combined wealth of the richest 1 per cent will overtake that of the other 99 per cent of humanity next year unless the current trend of rising inequality is … Continue reading
Deere – To cut more than 900 jobs
Deere & Co (DE.N), the world’s largest maker of farm equipment, will lay off more than 900 employees at plants in Iowa and Illinois in the latest round of job cuts spurred by a decline in grain prices that is hurting demand for agricultural machinery. The layoffs, which represent about 3 percent of Deere’s workforce … Continue reading
Photographers – All laid off at Sports Illustrated
Can news organizations survive without photographers on staff? That question jolted the media world Friday after Sports Illustrated laid off its entire roster. Photographers haven’t been hit with a layoff of that scale since The Chicago Sun-Times cut its entire 28-person photo staff in 2013. The newspaper said it would use freelance photographers and ask … Continue reading
Unethical Behaviors in the Workplace – The 5 most common
Listed below, according to the ERC study, are the five most frequently observed unethical behaviors in the U.S. workplace. 1. Misusing company time Whether it is covering for someone who shows up late or altering a time sheet, misusing company time tops the list. This category includes knowing that one of your co-workers is conducting … Continue reading
Unemployment Insurance in US – Cut in benefit duration accounted for about 61 percent of the aggregate employment growth in 2014 NBER’s study finds
Our objective in this paper is to assess the effect of unemployment benefit extensions on employment. Measuring the magnitude of this effect is manifestly important for understanding the economic consequences of this widely used policy instrument. Yet, the existing literature provides little information on the size, let alone the sign of this effect. In the … Continue reading
Biggest-Ever Corporate Layoffs at IBM – To Cut more than 111,000 Jobs
IBM is set to announce the largest round of corporate layoffs in history, culling 26 percent of its worldwide staff, or more than 111,000 people, beginning as early as this week, according to a report. The cuts are part of a reorganisation plan called “Project Chrome” that has been rumoured for several weeks, and which … Continue reading
Immigration and Population in US – Slowing population decline in many counties
Over the past 25 years, the total immigrant population has increased and spread across the country. In 1990, the foreign-born population was 19.7 million or 7.9 percent of the U.S. total, with nearly 3 out of 4 immigrants (73 percent) living in either California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, or Texas.2 By 2010, approximately … Continue reading
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