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Baltimore County latest to consider 4-day workweek
- Baltimore County is the latest local government to consider making the traditional five-day workweek a thing of the past, according to lawmakers who said the move could boost low employee morale, reduce energy consumption and ease rush hour traffic.
- Baltimore County is the latest local government to consider making the traditional five-day workweek a thing of the past, according to lawmakers who said the move could boost low employee morale, reduce energy consumption and ease rush hour traffic.
Employment: What's in, what's out
- Workers across the state may be singing the blues as a result of the nation’s poor economy, but many Peninsula industries and employees are whistling an entirely different tune.
Report: Trade deficit with China hits area job market hard
- The growing U.S. trade deficit with China has cost workers nearly 70,000 jobs in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia since 2001, according to a study released Wednesday by the Economic Policy Institute.
Some area teens are pleased with paucity of summer jobs
- Economists have determined 2008 to be the worst summer since World War II for teenage employment, but for those with an aversion to flipping burgers and a penchant for poolside indolence, it’s proven to be a godsend.
- Economists have determined 2008 to be the worst summer since World War II for teenage employment, but for those with an aversion to flipping burgers and a penchant for poolside indolence, it’s proven to be a godsend.
Area abounds with tech jobs, study finds
- The Washington area ranks as one of the top places in the country for high-tech jobs, according to a study released yesterday.
Region gained 28,400 jobs over the past year
- Nonfarm employment for the Washington metro area jumped by 28,400 jobs from April 2007 to April 2008, for a total of 3,007,900 jobs in the region, according to Bureau of Labor statistics released Thursday.
Many occupations to benefit from ‘green’ economy, report says
- For Maryland’s work force, it’ll be good to be “green.”
D.C., Montgomery public workers most likely to earn more than $100K
- All politics may be local, but all local government payrolls are not equal in the Washington metro region.
Harford employees jubilant about 9 percent pay raises
- Harford employees, who complained they couldn’t live on their government salaries, rejoiced when the county administration told them their 9 percent raises would be spared.
Tough summer employment season ahead for local teens
- New research finds teens throughout the D.C. region and the nation are facing the toughest summer employment season in the post-World War II era, arousing concerns not only for their savings accounts, but for future job and educational prospects.
College graduates prepare to face an uncertain job market
- Two graphic design internships and seven interviews later, Liz Rockey still doesn’t have a job and she graduates Friday from Villa Julie College.
Employers make pricey Bay Area living worthwhile
- Bay Area residents might need deep pockets to live here, but at least their pay is among the highest in the nation, according to federal data.
District’s working poor lack skills but want to work, new report says
- The District should establish a community college system, require training components in economic development projects and raise wages in “women-dominated sectors” to address educational and skill barriers that have an impact on D.C.’s working poor, a new report finds.
