Virginia shipping company to pay $597,000 in back wages over misclassification - 6/27/2019
, including auto insurance, cargo insurance and gasoline among other things. This resulted in some workers earning less than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Drivers also did not receive overtime
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FEBRUARY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION - 5/07/2004
, despite poor auto sales in January and February. Department stores shed 12,000 jobs in February.
The financial sector also reported job growth, with finance and insurance adding 8,700 jobs, followed
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U.S. payrolls grow a meager 32,000; July jobless rate drops to 5.5% - 8/06/2004
. This gain was offset by a loss of 20,500 jobs in transportation equipment (including auto and aerospace manufacturing) within this sector. Nondurable goods manufacturing added 6,000 jobs.
The financial
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Beige Book: Hiring holds steady or rises in most districts - 9/06/2013
, with the St. Louis Federal Reserve District reporting increases in employment at a variety of manufacturing firms connected to the auto industry or the home construction industry. The Boston, Richmond
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Staffing buyer gets brunt of penalties in OSHA citations - 2/04/2014
a proposed penalty of $6,000.
Pelzer makes outer dashes and hood liners for the auto industry at its Thomason facility. It employs 256 workers at the site, 176 of whom are temps.
“HP Pelzer continues to put
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Canadian manufacturing PMI shows return to growth - 4/04/2016
conditions to continue to improve, driven by firm US domestic demand and a weaker Canadian dollar, which will drive demand for exports of autos, consumer goods, machinery, equipment and lumber.”
Manufacturers
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Upwork lists 20 hottest skills in online staffing - 7/07/2016
development
iOS development
Zendesk
MongoDB
Data visualization
AutoCAD
The Upwork Skills Index calculates growth rates based on freelancer billings through Upwork in the second quarter 2016
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Machine learning and Tableau among hottest Upwork skills - 10/18/2016
Unity 3D
Shopify development
Video editing
AutoCAD
Facebook marketing
API development
Content writing
.NET framework
WordPress development
“The freelance workforce is the best
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GDP growth decelerates in new Q1 estimate - 4/28/2017
quarter of 2016, real GDP increased 2.1%.
Bloomberg reported the US economy expanded at the slowest pace in three years as weak auto sales and lower home-heating bills dragged down consumer spending
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Tech, retail and media sectors see highest turnover rates, LinkedIn research finds - 3/16/2018
/education/nonprofit: 11.2%
Financial services and insurance: 10.8%
Telecommunications: 10.8%
Oil and energy: 9.7%
Aero/auto/transport: 9.6%
Healthcare and pharmaceutical: 9.4%
LinkedIn discussed
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