The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on February 23 that 1,761 mass layoff actions were filed for the month of January. At least 50 employees had to be laid off in order to be considered such an action. Seasonally adjusted, this resulted in the release of 182,261 workers, based on the fillings of unemployment insurance [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Moses Taylor Hospital in Pennsylvania has laid off 61 full time employees. This is the first time in 17 years the hospital has laid off anybody. The cuts effect every department including the administrative staff. CEO Karen Murphy says the cuts come on the heels of increased cost for care and decreasing reimbursement rates. She [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 8, 2010
Adelphoi Village in Latrobe, Pennsylvania has announced that it will lay off 70 workers. According to a notice the organization filed with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Labor & Industry, Adelphoi is closing its “Northern Tier Facility” and will lay off 65 full time and 5 part time employees. The facility will close April 9. Adelphoi [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 4, 2010
The Meadows Racetrack and Casino will hire up to 700 new employees in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. The casino will hold a talent search and job fair for table game dealers from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday and 3 to 9pm Tuesday at the Holiday Inn Meadowlands, located next to the casino. The casino will [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 1, 2010
Harleysville National Bank, headquartered in Buffalo New York, may cut 27% of its workforce after an upcoming merger with First Niagara Financial Corporation. Up to 300 jobs will be eliminated. Harleysville National Bank currently employs 1,102. According to First Niagara spokeswoman Leslie Garrity the affected employees are administrative or back-office personnel whose functions duplicate those of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 29, 2010
Pennsylvania will hire 68 oil and gas inspectors this year in response to the Marcellus Shale boom. This is a 54% increase in staff. The new inspectors will help the Department of Environmental Protection manage an increase in applications (5,200) to drill natural gas wells in the Marcellus Formation, which lies under most of the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 4, 2010
Pennsylvania’s Governor, Ed Rendell, announced today that the state would be forced to furlough 1,000 employees if the legislature does not approve a measure allowing its new casinos to offer table games by the end of the week. Currently, Pennsylvania casinos only offer slot machines while competing casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, have [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The highest court in Pennsylvania has ruled that the state constitution does not bar Governor Ed Rendell from employing and paying state workers during the current budget stalemate. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is standing by the state worker’s unions. State workers unions have claimed that the federal Fair Labor Standards Act trumps a section of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 11, 2009
Volvo is closing a plant in Ashville, North Carolina that manufactures components for final assembly of its cars and trucks. The work will be moved to three other existing factories, two of which are outside the United States. Only the assembly of cabs for motor graders will still be done in the US, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 30, 2009
A new solar panel manufacturing plant operated by Greek company HelioSphera is being built at the Philadelphia Naval Yard. Construction of the plant will bring 200 jobs and once online, the plant itself will provide 400 jobs for local residents. The facility will cost $500 million to build and is being subsidized by [...]
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