Several thousand dot-commers have been laid-off in the last few months here in the Bay Area.
He figured that the lingering economic downturn would drive many laid-off souls to their doors.
Democrats had been pushing for extending benefits to laid-off workers as unemployment rates continue to rise.
Even though I'm bored silly, I'm still better off than your typical laid-off garment worker.
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The changes freeze wages and cut certain benefits such as the jobs bank for laid-off workers.
For each laid-off miner, up to ten dependants lose their chief source of income.
The key to that should be a recent deal over payments to laid-off workers.
The committee option worked in 1984 for 18, 000 laid-off workers of Ames Department Stores.
Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland says Wall Street CEOs deserve the same treatment as laid-off steelworkers.
Just ask unemployed people laid-off from the record business (music), print media, publishing, advertising, sales, and retailing.
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Laid-off employees are now routinely asked to waive their rights under WARN in exchange for whatever severance they do get.
They slashed state unemployment benefits and rejected federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation to 170, 000 laid-off workers.
Cost is clearly a major issue for most laid-off workers, says Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund.
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But GM has fired or laid-off over tens of thousands of workers since the beginning of the recession.
In many sectors, there are legitimate economies of scale that prevent laid-off workers from self-organising into smaller firms.
If the employer hires people back, the "laid-off" reservists may be entitled to a job when they return.
The bleak unemployment picture has sent many laid-off workers looking for internships that might lead to full-time jobs.
Tax credits or subsidies could make health insurance affordable for laid-off workers who are not eligible for Medicare.
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Laid-off employees will collect up to 90% of their income for six months.
Encouraging laid-off and deferred attorneys to go into public service is filling a desperate need at public interest firms.
The anger of laid-off workers has long been one of officialdom's biggest worries.
Generous employment benefits encourage laid-off workers to continue seeking jobs in dying industries rather than train for something new.
Primarily, it wanted to take hiring authority away from school principals by requiring that laid-off teachers be hired back.
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Thursday was the last day for laid-off employees to report to their workstations.
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The way teenagers and laid-off adults behave are similar, especially the apathy, confusion, and anger over feeling like an outcast.
Historically only 9% of laid-off workers have opted for Cobra (named for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986).
But the best hope for many laid-off workers is that their governments will intervene less in the economy, not more.
Mr Zhu has read the riot act to inefficient state enterprises, where the number of laid-off workers is rising dramatically.
Those legacy costs and the GM dole, called the Jobs Bank for laid-off GM workers, drain billions from the company.
Right now, there are millions of laid-off construction workers who could be repairing our bridges and roads and modernizing our schools.
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