Employment News
 The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI)(TM) Suggests Larger Job Losses to Follow (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) The Conference Board Employment Trends Index continued its decline in September, suggesting even more losses to come in the labor market. The index fell in September to 108.4, down 0.8 percent from the August revised figure of 109.3, and down almost 10 percent from a year ago.
ADA changes spark concerns over employment practices (Business Insurance) WASHINGTON—Employers should review their employment practices to ensure they comply with a business-backed law that expands protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act, employment law experts say.
Ahead of the Bell: Office retailers feel pressure (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Goldman Sachs says "soft" industrial production and employment trends will likely affect the nation's three largest office supply chains as the nation's economy continues to sour.
Mitsui O.S.K. Tumbles After U.S. Job Losses Increase (Update2) (Bloomberg) Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. , operator of the world's largest merchant fleet, dropped to a two-year low in Tokyo amid concern a slump in U.S. employment will cut demand for shipping of furniture and other goods.
White House shifts focus to declining employment market (Guardian Unlimited) Following approval of bail-out, attention turns to job losses and threatened homeowners
Employment, economy, big issues for the North (Thunder Bay Post) According to municipal leaders in the Kenora Riding, jobs and the economy remain the dominant issues in the federal election. However, each community has its own, individual concerns.
Labor proposes amendments to employment rules, regulations (Saipan Tribune) The Department of Labor is seeking public comments to its proposed amendments to current employment rules and regulations. Labor filed the proposed rules and regulations to introduce changes to the current rules and regulations before the Commonwealth Registrar's Office.
Sweet deal at Morgan State (Baltimore Sun) Contract to pay $300,000 a year to president emeritus in protected faculty post Under an employment contract he fought to keep out of the public eye, outgoing Morgan State University President Earl S. Richardson, 65, could become a $300,000-a-year president emeritus with minimal teaching duties when he steps down at the end of the next year. The contract also protects his post-presidential ...
Littler Mendelson Becomes the U.S. Law Firm Participating in Prestigious Ius Laboris Global Alliance (Centre Daily Times) Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation's largest labor and employment law firm representing management, announced today the firm's participation in Ius Laboris, a global alliance of pre-eminent law practitioners providing employment and labor law services on an international scale. Effective Oct. 1, Littler joins the alliance of more than 2,500 attorneys providing specialized legal ...
Employment Services hosts luncheon (The Daily Democrat) The Yolo Employment Services will present its Fall Salad Luncheon 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 at St. John's UCC Fellowship Hall on Cleveland Street. Tickets for the luncheon may be purchased for $6 at the door.
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