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Layoffs and downsizing both refer to reductions that companies make in staff.
Layoffs and downsizing both refer to reductions that companies make in staff.
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Benton Harbor cuts police jobs
WSBT-TVTwo senior police officers were recently let go from the Benton Harbor Police Department, which has been under the scrutiny of an Emergency Financial Manager appointed by the state of Michigan. Their departure comes at the start of a busy summer...Tags: Politics, Government, Safety of Citizens
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UPDATE: 'Employee reductions' at Zimmer plant
"Walking on eggshells." That's how one person in Warsaw who has friends and family working at the Zimmer Corporation described the feeling after hearing the company let dozens of workers go. On Monday 50 employees got a tap on the shoulder and told they...
Tags: Warsaw (Poland), Job Layoffs, New Products
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FACT FINDER: How are budget cuts impacting South Bend flights?
How are budget cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration – blamed for flight delays across the country – impacting travel to and from South Bend? Here's what our WSBT Fact Finder team learned: Mike Daigle with the St. Joseph County Airport...
Tags: Government Debt, Air Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Delays, Federal Aviation Administration, Unemployment
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AM General layoffs extended
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND –– AM General met with employees and union officials Friday to let them know that the temporary lay off of some 350 workers will continue through at least June 30. The company issued a WARN notice or Worker Adjustment Retraining...Tags: Job Layoffs, Employees, Unemployment, Industrial Production, Career and Workplace
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Sequester budget cuts take its toll locally
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – A $30 million dollar construction project in Indiana is delayed because of the sequester budget cuts. $21 million of that $30 million was supposed to be used to fix up South Bend's National Guard Armory on Kemble Avenue. Now there's...Tags: Government Debt, Air Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Delays, O'Hare International Airport, Federal Aviation Administration
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Federal cuts hit Ind. jobless, National Guard
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana agencies are cutting jobless benefits, furloughing National Guard members and losing food funds for the Women Infants and Children program because of the automatic federal budget cuts, officials said Monday. The state...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Sequestration worries area vets
WSBT-TVSaturday marked the first full day of the sequester. The drastic federal budget slashing plan resulting in $85 billion in across-the-board cuts are coming and they will arrive first at school systems near military bases and on Native American...Tags: Washington, DC, Interior Policy, U.S. Department of Defense, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Lawmakers pessimistic about budget deal
South Bend TribuneThough not set to take effect until Friday, the automatic cuts to defense and domestic spending known as the sequester, negotiated back in 2011 as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling, already are having an effect on the economy and national security,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Investments, Career and Workplace, Public Finance, Children's Health
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Federal cuts would hit 1,000 Ind. Guard members
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Nearly 1,000 Indiana National Guard members would face temporary furloughs if automatic federal spending cuts take effect next month. Unless Congress heads off the cuts set for March 1, The Journal Gazette reports (http://...Tags: Leon Panetta
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Cequent layoffs in Goshen this week
GOSHEN – The first round of layoffs at Cequent Performance Products in Goshen will happen on Friday. That's when the union is set to vote on the closure package offered by the company. If they approve the deal, the union would drop a federal...
Tags: Job Layoffs
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Instead of furloughs, Elkhart now about to hire
ELKHART – What a difference the new year makes. Late last year, Elkhart’s mayor planned on implementing furlough days for all city employees, forcing them to take some unpaid days off, to help balance the 2013 budget. Now, Mayor Dick Moore...
Tags: Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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Furloughs avoided in Elkhart
ELKHART – A proposal requiring all city workers in Elkhart to take furloughs this year won't be needed after all. City leaders found other ways to make cuts. That means employees won't have to take days off without pay. Mayor Dick Moore wanted...
Tags: Public Employees, Politics, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Government
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