They can take the form
of job layoffs, rising utility costs and lowered wages.
Thing is, well, this recession we're in... I can tell the economy is better than it was a year ago when announcements
of job layoffs and company bankruptcies clogged the television news hours, but you know, it's not to the point where many of us are willing to spend freely on non-essential living expenses.
If you've had problems paying bills in the past because
of a job layoff or high medical expenses, write a letter to the lender explaining the causes of your past credit problems.
Equally important, 15 year mortgages represent a potent problem if household finances sink because
of a job layoff, fewer work hours, or other problems.
Examples of documentation that can be used to support extenuating circumstances include documents that confirm the event (such as a copy of a divorce decree, medical bills, notice
of job layoff, job severance papers, etc.) and documents that illustrate factors that contributed to the borrower's inability to resolve the problems that resulted from the event such as a copy of insurance papers or claim settlements, listing agreements, lease agreements, tax returns (e.g. covering the periods prior to, during, and after a loss of employment).
Not exact matches
The
layoffs were spread across a range
of departments and
job titles.
President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on cheap imported panels was intended to protect American manufacturing
jobs, but many in the solar industry have argued that tariffs will raise costs and trigger thousands
of layoffs in the installation end
of the industry.
There were a total
of 13,000 more
layoffs that month than in March, while 12,000 more people quit their
jobs in April than the previous month.
Similarly, in 2001's economic dip, women's
job losses accounted for only 14 %
of total
layoffs, largely because women overwhelmingly work in recession - proof industries such as health care, education and the public sector.
Since the 1980s, when companies began slashing
jobs in a bid to do more with less, successive rounds
of layoffs have fed into the belief that lifelong employment is a thing
of the past.
Panera Bread already has ordering kiosks in addition to cashiers; Wendy's announced plans last year to add kiosks to 1,000 stores; and McDonald's planned to add them to 2,500 stores by the end
of 2017 (it has said it will not result in mass
layoffs, but rather that cashiers will be switched to other
jobs).
Most recently, in the
layoffs of the early 1990s, only 2 %
of jobs lost were held by women.
«
Job cuts have already surpassed last year's total and are on track to end the year as the highest annual total since 2009, when nearly 1.3 million
layoffs were announced at the tail - end
of the recession,» said John A. Challenger, CEO
of Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Birch ranks Nebraska 49th in the country in two categories: the percentage
of people working at companies that are less than 15 years old and the number
of jobs lost to
layoffs and closings.
The first round
of layoffs had begun in April, with 19,000 employees losing their
jobs over several months.
As part
of the
layoffs, which started last week, about 500 employees have lost their
jobs, the newspaper said.
In a statement, the company did not give a reason for the
layoffs, describing it as a «shift
of jobs across the organization.»
Generic drug giant Teva really is going to cut tens
of thousands
of jobs in a gigantic restructure for the struggling and debt - laden pharmaceutical — in fact, the 14,000 planned
layoffs announced Thursday actually surpass initial reports.
Besides the non farm payroll numbers, she relies on the
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey — which shows
layoffs, quits and hires as a share
of employment — and the real pace
of spending growth.
Our sources are calling the latest
job reductions at Wing a
layoff, however an X spokesperson explains that these cuts are not new but rather the final part
of the reorganization that began in January, shortly after the departure
of the unit's leader Dave Vos in the fall.
It eliminated 11,000
jobs — its second major round
of layoffs of the year (see below).
Employers generally do give departing employees information about their pension benefits, but it may be overlooked in the excitement
of a new
job or the uncertainty
of a
layoff.
J.C. Penney (jcp) has cut about 360
jobs in its latest round
of layoffs and reported less - than - stellar holiday season results that renewed worries about its prospects, sending shares plunging.
Penney, looking to steady its finances after reporting a loss
of $ 116 million in its last fiscal year, also announced it was eliminating 130 positions at its headquarters in Plano, Texas, just the latest round
of layoffs in recent years, as well as cutting 230
jobs at the store and regional level.
«On our reckoning, since NAFTA's enactment, fewer than 5 %
of U.S. workers who have lost
jobs from sizable
layoffs (such as when large plants close down) can be attributed to rising imports from Mexico,» wrote its authors, PIIE senior fellow Gary Clyde Hufbauer and research analyst Cathleen Cimino - Isaacs.
At the same time, unfortunately, many
of our parent's generations are facing
job loss due to
layoffs, a receding economy, or changes in trends.
Today, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics released its latest monthly read
of job availability and labor turnover (JOLT), showing that private non-farm
job «openings» jumped a notable 14.10 % since January, climbing 27.79 % above the level seen in February 2010; private non-farm
job «hires» increased a notable 4.33 % since January, climbing 4.65 % above the level seen in February 2010; and
job «
layoffs and discharges» increased 2.14 % since January while dropping 8.99 % below the level seen last year.
On the unemployment front, remember that
layoffs are only half
of the
job picture.
WASHINGTON / LOS ANGELES (Reuters)- U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law a steep tariff on imported solar panels on Tuesday, a move billed as a way to protect American
jobs but which the solar industry said would lead to thousands
of layoffs and raise consumer prices.
I was a victim
of corporate
layoffs a few years ago and although I loved my
job I can now work when I want and do so in the confines
of my own home, setting my own hours and wearing what I want:)
The last time employers announced fewer
job cuts was June
of 2000, when 17,241 planned
layoffs were recorded.
Despite a recent round
of layoffs, Amazon has roughly 13,000
job openings right now.
Unless this is a
layoff and part
of the severance is
job placement assistance, don't offer help that you don't intend to give.
The disappearance
of midwage, midskill
jobs is part
of a longer - term trend that some refer to as a hollowing out
of the work force, though it has probably been accelerated by government
layoffs.
With the economy such as it is, people are losing their
jobs due to the state
of the economy, such as we have seen with the massive
layoffs in big industries like the automobile industry.
As industry
job cuts top 200,000 worldwide, Exxon has kept its 75,300 - strong workforce intact with none
of the sweeping
layoffs seen at other oil companies, including its biggest U.S. rival Chevron Corp. «Exxon is just stronger financially than anyone else out there,» Brian Youngberg, an analyst at Edward Jones & Co. in St. Louis, said in an interview.
I am 30, married, and my husband and I both went to grad school (he went full time after a
layoff - so a solid 2.5 years
of no
job for him, I went part time at night but still have loans) and are paying off a massive amount
of loans at a decent clip - but this limits how much we can sock away each month.
 Almost a quarter
of that was the auto aid. It was important for preserving jobs, for sure. But does it count as «stimulus,» in the sense of stimulating expenditure? I don't think so. It was more in the realm of a balance sheet transfer that kept an important company going. If the auto aid was «stimulus,» then so too was the much larger line of credit which Ottawa advanced to the banks (they could have tapped $ 200 billion under Mr. Flaherty's EFF mechanism)-- all of which was also repaid. In that case, Ottawa's «stimulus» was more like a quarter - trillion dollars... far outpacing everyone else in the OECD as a share of GDP! Of course that's nonsense. This was just one of many ways that Ottawa inflated the true value of its stimulus effort last year (including counting as «stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass layoffs
of that was the auto aid. It was important for preserving
jobs, for sure. But does it count as «stimulus,» in the sense
of stimulating expenditure? I don't think so. It was more in the realm of a balance sheet transfer that kept an important company going. If the auto aid was «stimulus,» then so too was the much larger line of credit which Ottawa advanced to the banks (they could have tapped $ 200 billion under Mr. Flaherty's EFF mechanism)-- all of which was also repaid. In that case, Ottawa's «stimulus» was more like a quarter - trillion dollars... far outpacing everyone else in the OECD as a share of GDP! Of course that's nonsense. This was just one of many ways that Ottawa inflated the true value of its stimulus effort last year (including counting as «stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass layoffs
of stimulating expenditure? I don't think so. It was more in the realm
of a balance sheet transfer that kept an important company going. If the auto aid was «stimulus,» then so too was the much larger line of credit which Ottawa advanced to the banks (they could have tapped $ 200 billion under Mr. Flaherty's EFF mechanism)-- all of which was also repaid. In that case, Ottawa's «stimulus» was more like a quarter - trillion dollars... far outpacing everyone else in the OECD as a share of GDP! Of course that's nonsense. This was just one of many ways that Ottawa inflated the true value of its stimulus effort last year (including counting as «stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass layoffs
of a balance sheet transfer that kept an important company going. If the auto aid was «stimulus,» then so too was the much larger line
of credit which Ottawa advanced to the banks (they could have tapped $ 200 billion under Mr. Flaherty's EFF mechanism)-- all of which was also repaid. In that case, Ottawa's «stimulus» was more like a quarter - trillion dollars... far outpacing everyone else in the OECD as a share of GDP! Of course that's nonsense. This was just one of many ways that Ottawa inflated the true value of its stimulus effort last year (including counting as «stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass layoffs
of credit which Ottawa advanced to the banks (they could have tapped $ 200 billion under Mr. Flaherty's EFF mechanism)-- all
of which was also repaid. In that case, Ottawa's «stimulus» was more like a quarter - trillion dollars... far outpacing everyone else in the OECD as a share of GDP! Of course that's nonsense. This was just one of many ways that Ottawa inflated the true value of its stimulus effort last year (including counting as «stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass layoffs
of which was also repaid. In that case, Ottawa's «stimulus» was more like a quarter - trillion dollars... far outpacing everyone else in the OECD as a share
of GDP! Of course that's nonsense. This was just one of many ways that Ottawa inflated the true value of its stimulus effort last year (including counting as «stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass layoffs
of GDP!Â
Of course that's nonsense. This was just one of many ways that Ottawa inflated the true value of its stimulus effort last year (including counting as «stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass layoffs
Of course that's nonsense. This was just one
of many ways that Ottawa inflated the true value of its stimulus effort last year (including counting as «stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass layoffs
of many ways that Ottawa inflated the true value
of its stimulus effort last year (including counting as «stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass layoffs
of its stimulus effort last year (including counting as «stimulus» the increase in EI payouts that automatically accompanied last year's mass
layoffs).
The additional
layoffs will bring the agriculture giant's total planned cuts to 3,600
jobs over the next two years, or about 16 percent
of its global workforce.
They'll be plenty
of deaths, divorces, foreclosures,
layoffs,
job shifts, etc. in the upcoming recession.
This guy knew he was being an insufferable tool, that's why he thinks he was fired because
of it even though he lost his
job amid widespread
layoffs.
Though Bain Capital surely helped expand some companies that had created
jobs, the
layoffs and closures at other firms would lead Romney's political opponents to say that he had amassed a fortune in part by putting people out
of work.
Paul and I had our share
of layoffs and
job losses and we were trying to make ends meet when I decided to see if I could earn a little extra money by trying this «blog thing» along with my teaching
job.
We're in
job layoff mode and I have a ton
of canned chickpeas so This is currently in my oven now but we're not normally vegan.
It must be immensely stressful, trying to hold down a
job that a voice - to - text application could manage with twice the accuracy and 100 percent less random malice, and when one couples that stress with looming
layoffs - a threat that their own inherent worthlessness has precipitated - the rank and file
of the media must be under some serious strain.
Job loss and
layoffs have been a huge problem over the past couple
of years.
The age
of your child plays a big role in how you approach the topic
of job loss — after all, small children won't understand if you start talking about
layoffs, downsizing, or the economy.
Copy editors at the New York Times who face possible
layoffs sent a letter to their editors protesting the newspaper's proposed changes, and taking aim at the «humiliating» process
of forcing those who might be on the chopping block to re-apply for their
jobs.
By an overwhelming majority, (85 - 12), voters support the repeal
of the «last in, first out» rule governing teacher
layoffs, agreeing that the decision governing who loses a teaching
job should be based on performance and not seniority.
The
jobs were axed as part
of more than 300
layoffs to help the county balance its budget as it struggles to rein in a looming $ 500 million deficit.