All posts tagged "layoffs"

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  Puerto Rico board to recertify fiscal plan with fewer labor reforms

  Year-end salary bonus and vacation and sick leave days to remain, but worker dismissal protection law to be repealed

  • Posted May 21, 2018
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  Puerto Rico town lays off nearly 200 workers

  Cidra seeks to reduce expenses amid fiscal crisis after Hurricane Maria and closure of Pepsi plant

  • Posted April 13, 2018
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  Fiscal board expects Puerto Rico transportation authority’s revised fiscal plan Thursday

  Requires it to include new and raised tolls, job cuts and outsourcing

  • Posted April 4, 2018
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  Puerto Rico House speaker: No pension cut or layoff legislation will be passed

  Ruling party lawmakers request fiscal board lobby for recommendations issued by Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth

  • Posted April 2, 2018
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  Sam’s Clubs closures in Puerto Rico not related to Hurricane María

  Starting-wage hike from $9 to $11 an hour, which goes into effect in February, applies to Puerto Rico employees

  • Posted January 11, 2018
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  Hundreds unemployed after Sam’s Club closures in Puerto Rico

  Preliminary information indicates Caguas headquarters to close, operations will be managed from corporate offices in Arkansas

  • Posted January 11, 2018
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  Layoffs at Capitol alleged to be politically motivated

  SAN JUAN – The president of the Popular Public Servants Organization, Juan Vega Quiñónez, said Wednesday that the entity, which works on behalf of Popular Democratic Party supporters, will provide guidance to the employees laid off at...

  • Posted February 16, 2017
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  US Unemployment Claims Slide by 14,000 to 246,000

  Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, another sign that U.S. workers are enjoying job security

  • Posted February 2, 2017
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  Twitter Cuts Staff, Kills Off Vine App Amid Pressure to Grow

  NEW YORK  — Twitter, seemingly unable to find a buyer and losing money, is cutting about 9 percent of its employees worldwide. It is also killing off Vine, a mobile video app where people share short video...

  • Posted October 27, 2016
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  Theranos Closing Labs, Laying Off 340 Following Sanctions

  PALO ALTO, Calif. — Embattled blood testing company Theranos says it will shut down its clinical labs and wellness centers and lay off more than 40 percent of its full-time employees. In an open letter released late...

  • Posted October 6, 2016