Job Cuts

Huge public sector job cuts urged

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

At least one million public sector jobs should be cut to ease the public debt, a think tank argues.

Gannett Investors Reward Job Cuts

The Street (Free subscription) | yesterday

Gannett's plans to cut 166 jobs has received a positive reception in the market.

TELUS Cuts 125 Jobs Across Canada

PhoneArea.net (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

Tough times up north on the Canadian mobile scene. At least, according to recent job cuts making the rounds. Last week ‘big red’ Rogers ( NYSE: RCI ) announced a slashing of…

INSPECTIONS * USA - State cuts dozens of police inspector jobs

trucks world news (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Indianapolis,IND,USA - Eyewitness News, by Richard Essex -Dec 08, 2009: -- About 40 state police employees will lose their jobs at the end of the month as a result of job cuts by the state... These are the members of the Indiana State Police that do not carry a gun. Most of the time they are under school buses... The inspectors also walk around semi trucks checking tires and lights...

Canada’s Telus Chop 125 Jobs

Phones Review (Free subscription) | yesterday

It looks like several Telus employees won’t be enjoying Christmas very much as the Canadian carrier gives 125 employees the big heave-ho right on top of the festive season reports an article over on the Welland Tribune. Apparently the job loses cover the whole of Canada with most of the job cuts being at management level [...]

TELUS Slashes Jobs In Canada

übergizmo (Free subscription) | yesterday

It seems like that is some bad news for TELUS employees, though if you’re involved you probably already know if it. TELUS has announced 125 job cuts from its business solutions division, and it seems that the cuts are at management level only. A representative for TELUS said : “With the recession other businesses are experiencing layoffs, some businesses are shutting down,...

• TELUS Slashes Jobs In Canada - TechGeer

Firms to halt job cuts in Q1 2010

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

LONDON (Reuters) - British firms plan to stop laying off staff in early 2010 for the first time in more than a year, but only finance firms and utility companies plan to increase hiring, according to recruitment firm Manpower.

TELUS Slashes Jobs In Canada

TechGeer (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

It seems like that is some poor news for TELUS employees, though whether you’re involved you probably already know whether it. TELUS has announced 125 job cuts from its business solutions division, and it seems that the cuts are at management level only. A representative for TELUS said: “With the recession other businesses are experiencing layoffs, [...]

Government Action On Spending Cuts Announced

A Tangled Rope (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Yesterday the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown*, promised to make significant cuts to his government’s spending , hoping to save – he said: ‘Billions of pounds.’ He went on to outline how he plans to set up an ‘independent government agency – OffToss – which he said would be tasked with the job of identifying savings throughout the entire national and...

U.S. job market makes steady gains in November: Conf Board

Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. job market rose slightly in November according to a report issued days after government data showing the lowest number of job cuts in that month since December 2007, a research group said on Monday.

Stocks edge higher as job cuts ease

Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

Investors grew more confident about the US economy after US job cuts fell sharply, but fears of rising interest rates tempered optimism.

• Stocks edge slightly higher - The Washington Times
• Stocks rise on news of slightly lower unemployment rate - kansascity.com
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France: staff at two newspapers strike to protest job cuts

E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday

In a move that saw two daily newspapers absent from news stands in France, editorial staff at Le Parisien and Aujourd'hui en France have gone on strike.Last week, staff were protesting against management's restructuring plans, which would include cuts to...

GM Europe envisions slightly fewer job cuts

France24 (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

The head of GM Europe Nick Reilly on Saturday said a restructuring plan for car makers Opel and Vauxhall would involve about 8,300 job cuts, slightly fewer than the 9,000 lay-offs which had been expected. Reilly said in a conference call that the restructuring plan was about 90-95 percent complete, resulting in an estimated 8,300 lay-offs. But he added that the company still had to negotiate...

Pre-Budget report: civil service job cuts on way

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

A mass cull of senior mandarins will see redundancies across Whitehall as part of plans to reduce staffing costs by £100 million a year.

1,700 jobs cut at Corus

PJH Law - Employment Law Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Corus have announced that 1,700 jobs are to be lost after a deal has fallen through to save the Teeside Plant. It is reported that the factory will close by the end of January. For more details click here.