Jersey City, New Jersey will lay off 278 employees on February 26th to combat a budget deficit in the millions. 240 season workers, 36 provisional employees and 2 unclassified employees will lose positions. None of the job losses are civil service positions. These lay offs will save Jersey City $1.3 million in 2010 and $4.3 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Are you unemployed in NJ? You are not the only one. Unemployment rates climbed to a 33 year high of 10.1% in December. This is the first time since October 2006 that the unemployment rate in NJ has been higher than the national average. Total employment fell to 3,910,400 in December, with heavy job [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 9, 2009
In early September, Valero Energy announced it was cutting 150 jobs at its Delaware refinery. The company, which has been hit hard by the recession, is eliminating 100 jobs at it’s facility in Paulsboro, New Jersey. No layoffs are anticipated; the company hopes to eliminate enough jobs through retirement incentives to avoid having [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Acting Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer is looking for candidates for department head positions in her government. Zimmer is replacing directors appointed by Peter Cammarano, who resigned in a corruption scandal less than one month after taking office. She is looking for an in-house counsel; and directors for Community Development, Environmental Services, Health & Human Services, and Parking [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 17, 2009
New Jersey’s Picatinny Arsenal is adding 300 jobs to its 4,000-strong workforce in New jersey. Two-hundred and twenty positions will be with the US Navy — some will be transfers from other states, and some will be local hires. The facility is planning $76 million of construction and renovations, as part of the 2005 Base Realignment and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 31, 2009
New York-based Visant has purchased Vineland, New Jersey’s Rennoc, and will shut down the company in Q4 2009, laying off 35 workers. The work at the Rennoc plant, which produced varsity jackets, will be sent to Visant facilities, most likely in the Dominican Republic. The firm also has plants in Georgia and Ohio. Rennoc Corporation is a [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 17, 2009
PRS/Franklin Group will shutter its Newtown, Pennsylvania office, laying off 61 workers. The jobs will go to the Somerset, New Jersey headquarters of parent firm Inventive Health. The layoffs will completed between September and December. Some Newtown workers will be offered jobs in Somerset. PRS/Franklin provides support services to pharmaceutical and health-care companies. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Three thousand people have applied for 250 hourly positions at Church & Dwight’s new Arm & Hammer plant in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Church & Dwight is constructing a 1.1 million square foot manufacturing plant and distribution center to produce liquid laundry detergent. The jobs will pay $15 to $22 per hour. Church & Dwight is a major [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 8, 2009
Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Lehigh Phoenix will lay off 54 employees by August, as it consolidates its production and administrative operations. The firm also has plants in Hagerstown, Maryland and Rockaway, New Jersey. Lehigh Phoenix is the principal provider of cover components, overhead transparencies and juvenile book production for the publishing industry in the United States. It previously operated [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 4, 2009
HVAC manufacturer Trane will eliminate 320 jobs at its Pueblo, Colorado commercial air conditioning plant by August. This accelerates layoff plans announced last year, that were set to conclude by 2011. The cuts target production staff and managers. One hundred and twenty-five positions have already been eliminated through attrition and cuts in temp and part-time jobs. The Pueblo [...]
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Friday, February 12, 2010
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