Labor-law violations seen costly for city workers
Crain's New York Business
Employer violations of minimum wage, overtime and other labor laws across an array of industries costs more than 317000 low-wage workers in the city $18.4 ...

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State Plan to Cut Worker Pay One Step Closer
KMJ Now
A plan by the governor to slash the pay of state workers by five-percent across the board is one step closer to reality. ...

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AFP
Dollar stays up after jobless claims data
MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar briefly extended gains on Thursday, touching a 6-month high versus the euro, after the Labor Department said the number ...
Jobless Claims in US Declined Last Week to 470000BusinessWeek
Ahead of the Bell: Jobless ClaimsABC News
Unadjusted Year Over Year: Labor Department Initial Jobless Fall 11.8%World Of WallStreet (blog)
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CBC.ca
Jobless Claims Fall Slightly
Wall Street Journal
The Labor Department said the four-week moving average went up by 9500 to 456250 from the previous week's revised average of 446750. ...
Instant View: Durables up slightly in Dec; jobless claims fallReuters
FinSys Update: US Jobless Claims Drop, Durable Orders RiseMarket News International
US Dollar Mixed Ahead Of Weekly Jobless Claims, Durable Goods Orders ReportsRTT News
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Euro-Zone Economic Confidence Grows Further
Wall Street Journal
The data from the country's labor office are adjusted for seasonal effects. The increase brought the adjusted jobless rate up to 8.2% from 8.1% in December. ...

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Earthtimes (press release)
Germany's unemployed rise 6000 in January
MarketWatch
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- The number of unemployed in Germany rose by 6000 in January, the German labor office reported on Thursday, citing seasonally ...
German January Unemployment Rises Amid Winter FreezeBusinessWeek
German Unemployment Rises as Recovery Weakens, Weather Hurts ConstructionForex Factory
German Unemployment Rises For First Time In Seven MonthsRTT News
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New York Daily News
TSA worker put on desk duty after she was spotted sleeping at LaGuardia Airport
New York Daily News
This airport security agent was too busy catching some Z's. The Transportation Security Administration worker was put on desk duty after she was spotted ...
TSA Worker Under Investigation After Napping on BreakGothamist
Twit pic sinks NYC transit workerWIVB

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Indiana's NewsCenter
Post-Labor Day school start advances
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers gave initial approval Wednesday to a bill requiring schools to start the school year after Labor Day. ...
Bill would require school year to begin after Labor DayFox 59
Senate committee OKs later school start dateGary Post Tribune
Allow elected school boards to set calendarPalladium-Item
Indiana's NewsCenter -93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
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Ex-FEMA worker, cousin plead guilty to $721K Hurricane Katrina fraud
Los Angeles Times
(AP) — A former Federal Emergency Management Agency worker and her cousin have pleaded guilty to orchestrating one of the biggest Hurricane Katrina scams to ...

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Seattle Post Intelligencer
NYC Jewelry Store Worker Killed in Midday Robbery
ABC News
AP A jewelry store worker was shot to death in a brazen midday robbery Wednesday in a shop on posh Madison Avenue, police said. ...
$1m gem-robbery slay on mad. ave.New York Post
Madison Avenue Jewelry Store Worker Shot in Noontime Robbery on Upper East SideDNAinfo
NYC jewelry store worker killed in midday robberyBusinessWeek

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Telegraph.co.uk
UK Nationwide House Prices Rose for Seventh Month in November
Bloomberg
1 (Bloomberg) -- UK house prices rose for a seventh month in November as the labor market showed signs of improvement and the recession eased, ...
UK House Prices Rise AgainWall Street Journal
UK House Price Inflation Accelerates In November: NationwideRTT News

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South Daytona Sonic worker robbed, another stabbed
Daytona Beach News-Journal
SOUTH DAYTONA -- Police are looking for the suspects of two separate robberies that left a restaurant worker with knife cuts and a man ...

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Working Two Jobs and Still Underemployed
Wall Street Journal
For Richard Crane, the "new normal" in the labor market began when he was laid off from a New Jersey battery plant in the summer of ...

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Orlando Sentinel
Rail-transit labor issue big factor for session
MiamiHerald.com
Currently, federal rail workers receive strong pension and worker compensation benefits among other protections. The AFL-CIO said the lack of protection ...
sunrail Loses Labor BackingThe Jacksonville Observer
Union Details How SunRail Support Got DerailedThe Jacksonville Observer

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BBC News
Abbott Could Push Australia to the Right
Wall Street Journal
He has also reiterated his support for freer labor markets—a position that many analysts believe led voters to vote the Liberal Party out of government in ...
Obama Should Take Note of Aussie PM's Climate-Change TravailsNewsweek

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Social Worker Helping Pet Owners
MyFox Philadelphia
Christina Bach, a pet social worker at Ryan Veterinary Hospital at The University of Pennsylvania, counsels pet owners through the grieving process of ...

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Los Angeles Times
Student activists bring laid-off worker back to their school
Los Angeles Times
(Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times / November 24, 2009) By Amina Khan The beloved office worker for the school's two magnets was laid off by the Los Angeles ...

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Afghan briefings...Health care debate...Worker stress
9&10 News
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has been filling in his top lieutenants about his decisions on a new Afghan war strategy, which he'll outline ...

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Positive Signs for the US Labor Market, but Struggles Remain
Seeking Alpha (blog)
By contrast, a persistently negative labor market environment would likely trigger a further increase in foreclosures, which would weaken further private ...
Can Unemployment Dip Back Under 10% Before Year-End?24/7 Wall St. (blog)

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Unemployed US-born workers seek day-labor jobs
USA Today
Growing ranks of US citizens are heading to street corners and home improvement store parking lots to find day-labor work usually ...
Street-corner job seekers increaseUPI.com

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