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Michel Cournoyer
Permanent Layoffs in Canada | Only around 40% are “rare” events, particularly among older workers
A new study by Statistics Canada by Garnett Picot, Zhengxi Lin and Wendy Pyper uses a new longitudinal data source on the separations of workers to address three issues: First, has there in fact been an increase in the permanent layoff rate in Canada in the 1990s, as one might anticipate given concerns about rising job instability? … Continue reading
Unpaid Work | Welfare reforms | Won’t Work
AS ANY middle-class parent knows, unpaid work experience can give youngsters a valuable introduction to a secure job. The coalition government has recognised it too, scrapping rules in 2011 that had formerly stopped 16- to 24-year-olds from doing unpaid work while claiming unemployment benefit. But moving from that to forcing them to work gratis in … Continue reading
Apple | Supporting 514,000 U.S. Jobs
Many people are concerned about the labor that supports the creation of Apple products overseas, for instance at the enormous Foxconn facility in China. But look over here, Apple said today. Among manufacturing, transportation, app development and Apple’s own workforce, Apple estimated it supports 514,000 jobs in the United States. Nobody at Apple is running … Continue reading
GM | Volt | 1300 Temporarily Layoffs
General Motors will temporarily lay off 1,300 workers for five weeks at one of its Detroit plants. The car maker confirmed to FOX Business Network that the layoffs will run from March 19 to April 23 and will coincide with halts in the production of GM’s Chevrolet Volt and the Opel Ampera. The company said … Continue reading
Windsor | Skills Gap | CS Wind is having trouble finding 100 skilled workers
The fact that CS Wind is having trouble finding 100 skilled workers for its Windsor plant – and will have to look outside the region – might seem incongruous given that we have high unemployment and people eager to work. But it’s also a reflection of something that is happening in other parts of the … Continue reading
Indian Workers | Europe allows 40,000
At least 40,000 Indians may be allowed to work in Europe, including 12,000 in Britain alone, under a secret trade plan between the European Union and New Delhi, a media report said, citing leaked documents. The EU has proposed that 40,000 Indian workers will be admitted to Europe without any labour market test as part … Continue reading
US Manufacturers | Hiring Practices | Killing Them
The United States is at a dangerous juncture: Manufacturing jobs are on the rise, but the growth is still fragile. Given the hypercompetitive nature of global manufacturing, it wouldn’t take much to kill this momentum and put the U.S. back to where it was a couple of years ago. That’s why it’s critical for American … Continue reading
Nottingham | Center Parcs village and 1,500 new jobs
NOTTS-based holiday village company Center Parcs is set to boost its profits and create 1,500 jobs when it opens its fifth site in Spring 2014. Work has finally started on building the new Center Parcs Woburn Forest in Bedfordshire, more than seven years after the site was first identified… via Go-ahead for Center Parcs village … Continue reading
Europe | Treaty | Growth Plan Or Austerity ?
It depends on whom you’re asking the question it seems ! Europe’s Latest Treaty No Cause For Celebration – Forbes Leaders of 25 of the 27 European Union countries have signed a new Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance. The United Kingdom and the Czech Republic did not sign. The treaty is designed to put … Continue reading
RIM still hiring | An invitation-only job fair
Less than eight months after Research In Motion Ltd. cut 2,000 jobs, the BlackBerry maker is recruiting to fill nearly 600 positions. Hundreds of hopefuls attended an employment fair Thursday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to apply for jobs the company says range from software development to hardware testing to technical support. It said … Continue reading
NZ | Government | 2500 jobs to save $20m
A squeeze on state service backroom functions has saved just $20 million in two years, Treasury boss Gabriel Makhlouf has revealed. The Government has shed more than 2500 jobs in the past three years and ordered chief executives to shave their IT and human resources bills as part of a drastic overhaul of the public … Continue reading
Alberta Coalition for Action on Labour Shortages | Calling on governments
Alberta business groups demand action on labour shortage – Calgary – CBC News A coalition of Alberta business groups is calling on the federal and provincial governments to work with industry to address labour shortages in western Canada. “Every sector of the economy will be hit hard by a shortage of workers,” said coalition spokesperson … Continue reading
U.S. | Disabled | Federal contractors | Target on the Drawing Table
Employers and business groups are trying to stop an Obama administration effort that calls for federal contractors to hire a minimum number of disabled workers and could penalize those who don’t by revoking their contracts. The proposal could reshape hiring at roughly 200,000 companies that generate $700 billion a year in contracts with the federal … Continue reading
Toyota hiring to build transmissions
Toyota plans to invest $45 million in its plant at Buffalo and add up to 80 employees to increase production of automatic transmissions, said Mike Lutz, general manager of Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia. “We are increasing our capacity again in two phases,” Lutz said. “We’ll increase in November 5,000 additional six speed automatic transmissions … Continue reading
Apple | Hiring automotive professionals in China for the ‘iCar’
Apple’s Hiring Automotive Engineers, Is An ‘iCar’ Infotainment System Coming? Apple is once again proving they’re still the company Steve Jobs built. After years of saying “meh” to working with automakers on tighter integration of Apple products into automotive infotainment systems, there’s evidence Apple is now hiring people to build a system for them that’ll … Continue reading
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