Los Angeles County Superior Court laid off 329 court employees Tuesday and more is to come. Judge Charles “Tim” McCoy, the presiding judge of L.A. County Superior Court, said as many as 500 employees will be terminated by the end of June due to California’s budget crisis and as many as 1,800 employees could be [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Elgin School District U-46 school board in Illinois has approved a plan to cut 1,037 jobs, including 732 teachers. The cuts equate to 25 percent of the district’s staff, according to the Daily Herald. The cuts will include all first-, second- and third-year teacher as well as some tenured teachers in various departments. School Superintendent [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 15, 2010
HealthNow New York Inc. announced it is eliminating 30 positions at its headquarters in Buffalo. The cuts, which will affect clerical and customer service workers, are being made as part of a company restructuring. HealthNow is the parent company of BlueCross BlueShield of WNY. The cuts are expected to take place over the next two to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A South Carolina spending plan set to begin July 1, which includes $337-million in cuts, would result in the elimination of nearly 2,300 public sector jobs, according to state agencies. South Carolina legislators were given their first comprehensive look Tuesday on how various state agencies planned to deal with the funding cuts. Under consideration is the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Harlem School District in Illinois is set to cut 120 jobs as part of changes to its special education programs. The plan was approved by the school board in a unanimous decision Monday. The changes will result in the termination of 58 paraprofessional positions and 18 certified special educators. Though it will save the district $460,061, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Chevron Corp. is poised to cut 2,000 jobs this year and more in 2011 as part of a major restructuring effort, the company announced Tuesday. Additionally, Chevron said it is seeking bid for its Pembroke refinery in Wales along with fuels, aviation and lubricants businesses in the Caribbean and Central America. Mike Wirth, executive vice president [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
According to a report released by global outplacement consultancy firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., job cuts in February were at their lowest level since 2006. Employers cut 42,090 jobs last month, which is a 41% decrease over January, when 71, 482 jobs were cut. In February 2009 employers made 186, 350 job cuts. Layoffs [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 23, 2010
100 non tenured teachers in the Kaneland, Illinois school district will receive lay off notices by the school years end. The lay offs are part of an effort to mitigate the loss of general state aid to the school district next year. First, second and third year teachers will be targeted for lay offs. No [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Health-insurer Humana Inc. announced it is cutting 2,500 positions this year. The move is designed to cut costs and better align the company with its membership, according to a company official. Humana will negate some of the net job loss by adding 1,100 jobs in “growth areas.” The net loss represents about 5 percent of the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Millstone Nuclear Power Plant in Waterford, Connecticut announced that it will lay off between 50 and 75 employees on April 1st. The company will proceed with lay offs after its buyout program did not reach its target of 200 to 225 employees. Only 150 workers accepted a buyout offered to workers 55 or older who [...]
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