11/20/2008
Stocks See Initial Weakness On Disappointing Employment Data - U.S. Commentary (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - Stocks showed a notable decline at the start of trading on Thursday, with the major averages seeing some further downside after ending the previous session at five-year closing lows. Weak employment data contributed to the initial weakness.
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11/20/2008
South West CDC steps up employment assistance efforts (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)
SINGAPORE : The South West Community Development Council (CDC) is stepping up efforts to provide employment assistance.
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11/20/2008
South West CDC steps up employment assistance efforts (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE : The South West Community Development Council (CDC) is stepping up efforts to provide employment assistance. In a statement released on Thursday, it announced that it will conduct at least six recruitment exercises a month next year.
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11/20/2008
Youth Employment & Training Program Proposals sought from Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders (The Somerset Reporter)
SOMERSET COUNTY - The Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders has announced the availability of funding for agencies to provide Employment and Training Programs for Youth in Hunterdon and Somerset counties for 2009. The Request for Proposal (RFP) may be...
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11/20/2008
Labour and Employment (Mondaq)
An online survey conducted by The Age and Employment Network (TAEN) has found that just 10% of workers aged fifty and above claimed never to have faced discrimination due to their age when seeking employment, and that only 13% felt that age discrimination legislation introduced in 2006 had proved effective in helping older people to find work.
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11/20/2008
Labour and Employment (Mondaq)
The recent case of City & County of Swansea v Honey has highlighted an important, if rare, issue that can affect the proceedings of an Employment Tribunal - that of bias (or potential bias) on the part of a lay member.
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11/20/2008
China's Employment Facing Risks, Minster Says (INO News)
(RTTNews) - The ongoing crisis in global economies is increasing risks to Chinese employment and concerns regarding social unrest are on the rise, Human Resources and Social Security Minister Yin Weimin said Thursday.
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11/20/2008
China admits employment in "grim situation" amid global crisis (People's Daily)
China's Human Resources and Social Security Minister Yin Weimin described Thursday the country's employment situation as "grim", noting that adverse effect of the global crisis on employment may further unfold. The worsening global economic situation had weighed upon the country's employment since October, with unemployment occurred at some enterprises, especially labor-intensive small and ...
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11/20/2008
New York Employment Report: Employee Confidence Drops as Workers' Concerns About Economy, Job Availability Grow (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The New York Employee Confidence Index decreased 9.3 points to 38.4 in October, according to the latest Spherion® Employment Report. The monthly survey of New York workers, conducted by Harris Interactive® on behalf of Spherion Corporation, indicates that more workers are concerned about the strength of the economy, as well as the number of jobs that are available.
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11/20/2008
China says employment situation 'critical' (TODAYonline)
Chinese job-seekers at an employment agency in the city of Xiamen in Fujian Province in late October. China has warned it was facing serious unemployment problems due to the global economic crisis, amid signs it was increasingly concerned about social tensions across the country.
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