Retailers aren't planning to hire as many seasonal workers for the holiday shopping season, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Hay Group. About 57 percent of retailers surveyed said they are reducing staffing levels for the 2009 holiday...
Here's more evidence that the worst of the economic crisis may have passed: Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., an outplacement firm that tracks layoff announcements, said Wednesday job cuts fell to a 15-month low of 74,393 in June. Telecommunications and...
Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. tracks many job and workplace statistics. The outplacement firm's frequent reports offer glimpses of the employment situation from many angles. One such snapshot is its report on the number of planned job cuts announced by...