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Minnesota Clueless on Shutdown Cost

... Because it laid off all the workers who could calculate it

(Newser) - Minnesota’s government shutdown is sure to cost the state millions of dollars, but no one’s sure exactly how many millions, because the very number-crunchers who’d figure it out are now out of work, the Washington Post observes. Only “essential” government personnel are still at work, and...

Italian Firm Fires Only Women
 Italian Firm Fires Only Women 
Jul 1, 2011 1:51 AM CDT

Italian Firm Fires Only Women

Axed workers can stay home to look after kids, company says

(Newser) - Call it the Berlusconi-zation of Italy. Italian engineering firm Ma-Vib, faced with a downturn in sales, decided that its women workers didn't need their jobs as much as the men did. The company fired 13 out of 18 women employees while all 12 of its male employees kept their...

Laid-Off Federal Worker Confronts Obama

'What would you do if you were me?' asks Karin Gallo

(Newser) - A spokeswomen for the National Zoo who is seven months pregnant and will be laid off as of June 4 because of budget cuts confronted President Barack Obama at a town hall meeting yesterday. "I'm scared about what my future holds," Karin Gallo said. "I definitely...

Dave Eggers: Enough With the Teacher Layoffs

System leaves already-struggling public educators in lurch

(Newser) - Public school teachers grapple with 80-hour work weeks on tight salaries, with little creative freedom, while the media attacks their unions—and on top of all that, they face mass layoffs on a regular basis. In San Francisco, for example, 2,800 teachers were warned last week that their jobs...

Laid-Off Worker Leaps to Death From City Hall

Costa Mesa maintenance worker among more than 200 let go

(Newser) - A 29-year-old city maintenance worker jumped to his death from the city hall building in Costa Mesa, Calif., yesterday, after learning that he was among more than 200 city workers who are to be laid off. Authorities did not identify the man, except to say he had worked for the...

AOL Axes 900 on Heels of HuffPo Buy

That's 20% of the workforce.

(Newser) - The rumored layoffs have arrived. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong today announced that the company would cut 200 US jobs, with the content side bearing the brunt of the layoffs. The Hollywood Reporter notes that a total of 900 jobs—or 20% of the workforce—will be done away with: Some...

Walker Starts Layoff Process

Layoff notices to go out to 1,500 state employees in 15 days

(Newser) - Some 1,500 Wisconsin residents may not have slept so well last night. Gov. Scott Walker yesterday set the ball in motion to lay off a horde of state employees by sending letters to state employee unions alerting them that the workers would receive layoff notices in 15 days. The...

Wisconsin Protests: Gov. Scott Walker Threatens 12K Layoffs; Police Threaten to Kick Protesters Out of Capitol Building
Gov. Walker Threatens 12K Layoffs
wisconsin protests
Feb 26, 2011 7:54 AM CST

Gov. Walker Threatens 12K Layoffs

And police threaten to kick out Capitol protesters

(Newser) - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker dug in his heels even further yesterday, threatening to trigger as many as 12,000 layoffs starting next week if his controversial budget bill is not passed. Walker is still determined not to compromise on the portion of his bill that strips public employees of many...

Wisconsin Teachers Get Layoff Warnings

... including the wife of the GOP's Senate majority leader

(Newser) - The Republican majority leader of Wisconsin's Senate is learning firsthand what the fight over collective bargaining means for his state: his wife just got a layoff warning because it might go away. Lisa Fitzgerald, wife of Scott, is a guidance counselor in a public school district, and she and scores...

Unemployment High, but Layoffs Rarer

Those with jobs have good odds of keeping them

(Newser) - The US labor force has been split into two groups: the relieved and the desperate. Those who have a job are less likely to lose it than at any point in at least 14 years, while those who are unemployed are in trouble: The jobless are staying so for longer...

MySpace Lays Off Nearly Half its Employees

Site gets smaller now that it's not trying to compete with Facebook

(Newser) - MySpace cut roughly 500 jobs today, slashing its global staff roughly in half. CEO Mike Jones called the expected cuts “tough but necessary,” following an October revamp that made much of its staff unnecessary. The site has downsized its ambitions, attempting to transform itself into a music, videos,...

MySpace to Ax Up to Half Its Workers

Downsizing could be announced this month, sources say

(Newser) - Another blow for struggling MySpace : The social networking site is planning massive layoffs, and could ax between a third and a half of its employees, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The News Corp-owned company, which employs about 1,100, is expected to announce the reductions this month. Its staff...

Company Lays Off 1,700 ... Via Conference Call

Not a candidate for boss of the year: Sanofi-Aventis

(Newser) - Sanofi-Aventis will most likely not be making an appearance on the "best places to work" list: The world's fourth largest drugmaker had a "brutal and inhumane" method of laying off 1,700 employees, says one of the canned: via conference call. The Huffington Post reports that on Nov....

Yahoo Laying Off 700 Workers
Yahoo Laying Off
700 Workers
Dec 14, 2010 2:00 AM CST

Yahoo Laying Off 700 Workers

Products division slashing workforce

(Newser) - Some 5% of Yahoo's workforce will get bad news just in time for the holidays. The company, seeking to cut costs amid lackluster growth, will lay off as many as 700 employees today, sources tell AP . Most of the layoffs will occur in its US products division, although there may...

Hershey to Close Original Factory

Chocolatier says it must cut 500 workers to stay competitive

(Newser) - Hershey, Penn., is about to lose its eponymous chocolate factory. It’s not going far—the company is building a new factory just outside of town—but the closure still represents the end of an era, and will result in the loss of close to half the current factory’s...

CEOs Who Laid Off the Most People Made the Most Money

(Newser) - Should it come as a surprise that those CEOs who fired the most people last year made the most money? The Institute for Policy Studies published a study today that showed that those CEOs who made the largest layoffs made about 50% more—$12 million in 2009, compared to an...

10 Weird Reasons to Get Fired
 10 Weird Reasons to Get Fired 
Aug 22, 2010 6:50 AM CDT

10 Weird Reasons to Get Fired

Capital letters, cancer haircuts, and other odd offenses

(Newser) - There is no nice way to lose your job, especially during a recession. But, not every "you're fired" is created equal. Here, courtesy of Oddee , are some of the worst—and weirdest—job-loss stories out there:
  • Waitress canned for cancer cut: After losing her father to cancer, a Canadian
...

ABC News May Cut Up to 300 Jobs
ABC News May Cut
Up to 300 Jobs
Feb 23, 2010 4:47 PM CST

ABC News May Cut Up to 300 Jobs

Major restructuring is in the works

(Newser) - ABC News is drastically cutting back its operations and will thin its newsroom by 20%, or up to 300 positions. Most of those who remain will have to produce and shoot their own stories, reports the Los Angeles Times . Staffers will get letters this week asking for volunteers to take...

AOL Laying Off 1,200
 AOL Laying Off 1,200 
Jan 12, 2010 4:07 AM CST

AOL Laying Off 1,200

European offices shut down in latest round of restructuring

(Newser) - The ax will fall on 1,200 AOL workers this week in the last stage of the company's goal to shed a total of 2,500 jobs, about a third of its workforce. Many European offices will be closed as part of the company's plan to restructure as a Web...

Washington Times Slashes Staff
 Washington Times Slashes Staff 
Dec 31, 2009 5:55 AM CST

Washington Times Slashes Staff

Top editor gone; sports, metro sections ditched

(Newser) - The Washington Times has slashed half of its 170 newsroom staff ahead of Monday's relaunch of its print edition. The sports and metro sections will cease to exist as separate sections and nearly all staff members of those sections have been laid off, sources tell the Washington Post . Managing editor...

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