Improving U.S. Job Market in the wake of President Obama’s State of the Union Address

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Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, offering hope of an improving job market. The Labor Department reported Thursday that initial jobless claims fell More...

by Lynn Herman | Published 30 days ago

Job Cuts Drop to Second Lowest Total of 2012

Free Job Advice Nationwide December 27-28

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In Bold New Move, Retailers Push Black Friday into Thursday

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Employers Add More Jobs than Expected

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Job Cuts Surge to Five-Month High

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Dairy Queen Franchisee to Pay $17,500 to Settle Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

By the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission YS&J Enterprises, Inc., which  operates a Dairy Queen restaurant in Winston-Salem’s More...

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Forestry Giant Sierra Pacific Industries Settles EEOC National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit

By the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Redding, Calif.-based Sierra Pacific Industries, which owns and harvests forests More...

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UPS Worker Assaulted by Epithets, Bottles, and Rocks, Federal Agency Charges

By the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Global shipping company UPS violated federal law More...

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JES/Genie Temps to Pay $80,000 For Terminating Employee Because of Epilepsy

JES Personnel  Consultants, Inc., doing business as Genie Temporary Service, will pay $80,000  to settle a disability discrimination More...

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Maximus Will Pay $50,000 For Refusing to Promote Woman Because of Her Previous Stroke

By the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,  Maximus, Inc., a Reston, Va.-based business management and logistic  consulting More...

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dELiA*S Will Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

dELiA*s Inc., a specialty retailer primarily targeting teenage girls and young women, has agreed to pay $75,000 and furnish other relief More...

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Fremont Toyota Pays $400,000 to Settle EEOC’s Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO — Fremont,  Calif., car dealership Fremont Toyota agreed to pay $400,000 and implement training for the dealership’s  More...

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Temp Employees Removed From Ship After Reporting Sexual Harassment by Female Supervisor Against Men

Huntington Ingalls, Inc., the present  owner of the shipyard in Newport News, Va., and its contractor Quality Coatings  of Virginia, More...

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Odd News

Jailed Wall Street Lawyer Launches Lawsuit against Prison Officials for Not Being Able to Order Jigsaw Puzzles

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A jailed Wall Street lawyer claims that his first Amendment rights are being breached by the ban on jigsaw puzzles imposed by the US Bureau of Prisons, due to the fact that there More...

Drunk Russian Professor Forces Students to Sit 23 Hour Exam

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A drunken Russian lecturer decided to subject her students to a 23-hour-long exam without restroom breaks, while she continuously took breaks to refill her alcoholic beverage. Landysh More...

Florida Lifeguard Fired for Rescuing Drowning Man

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A Florida lifeguard was fired for vacating his lifeguarding zone to save a man drowning in an unprotected area of a beach in Hallandale Beach, Fla., Monday. Tomas Lopez, a supervisor More...

Legal Woes
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Overtime Settlement for Sunoco Employees

U.S. Federal judge Eduardo Robreno approved a $675,000 settlement for Sunoco employees who demanded overtime wages for work at a Philadelphia refinery. Eight Sunoco workers Matthew More...

Former Department of Justice Claims She Was Discriminated Against Because She Was ‘Attractive’

A former employee of the FBI’s field office in New Mexico is suing the Department of Justice for discrimination and harassment, saying several co-workers were “jealous of More...

Leaders

Go Daddy CEO Steps Down

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Go Daddy chief executive Warren Adelman has stepped down to become a special adviser for strategy and global policy at the More...

Yahoo! Appoints Marissa Mayer as President and CEO

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Sunnyvale, Calif. – One of the most influential women in technology in the Silicon Valley, Mirissa Mayer More...

Job News

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32,556 December CUTS down 43% from November; annual total lowest since 1997 By Challenger, Gray &...

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By Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. CHICAGO, November 15, 2012 – Facing increased competition from online retailers,...

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More people entered the labor force in October, as hiring ticked up, giving the Obama campaign...
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Politics

Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama for President

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American statesman Colin Powell, retired four-star general in More...

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EEOC News

Dairy Queen Franchisee to Pay $17,500 to Settle Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

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By the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission YS&J Enterprises, Inc., which  operates a Dairy Queen restaurant More...

Forestry Giant Sierra Pacific Industries Settles EEOC National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit

By the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Redding, Calif.-based Sierra Pacific Industries, which owns and harvests forests in California and Washington,..

UPS Worker Assaulted by Epithets, Bottles, and Rocks, Federal Agency Charges

By the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Global shipping company UPS violated federal law when it..
Labor Unions

Chicago Teachers Return to Work

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Chicago teachers returned to work Wednesday after the teachers union voted to suspend its strike, allowing hundreds More...

Chicago Teachers’ Strike Heads into Third Day

Parents – mothers and fathers are marching with the teachers, while other parents honk their horns, showing their encouragement from cars..

AFL-CIO Launches ‘Bring Jobs Home’ Campaign

Over the past decade, about 50,000 manufacturing sites closed and 6 million American jobs were lost due to outsourcing, according to..
The Break Room

Fair Labor Standards Act Advisory for Daylight Savings Time

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Workplace Political Debate Has Pitfalls

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Workplace Relationships

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