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Layoffs and downsizing both refer to reductions that companies make in staff.
Layoffs and downsizing both refer to reductions that companies make in staff.
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Ocean View School District faces teacher cuts
The Ocean View School District may eliminate as many as 38 teachers for the coming school year as it continues to struggle with budget cuts and class-size increases. The district recently issued 64 layoff notices to temporary teachers, and only 26 of...Tags: Job Layoffs, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Ocean View
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Historic H.B. Post Office could close
The U.S. Postal Service announced Friday that it is considering shutting down the historic post office in downtown Huntington Beach.
Spokesman Richard Maher said the government has launched a study to determine whether it would be feasible to close the...Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Culture, Betty White, U.S. Postal Service
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In The Pipeline: Wetlands indicate where we're headed
Recently, I was walking at the Bolsa Chica wetlands. A group of photographers on the bridge had their attention fixed not on the clusters of birds gathering to fish, but on a thin line of white smoke rising about a half-mile in the distance, near the...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Rubber Products Industry, Natural Resources, Crimes, Fires
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City Council approves final budget
The Huntington Beach City Council has approved a $312.3-million budget that requires a small number of layoffs and the elimination of services and open positions. "The road to get here has been a long, hard road," City Manager Fred Wilson said at Tuesday...Tags: Media Industry, Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Markets, Job Layoffs, Central Park
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City working to avoid salary increases
Huntington Beach administrators are negotiating with two employee groups in hopes of bypassing four salary increases scheduled to take effect between now and January. The city's firefighters were scheduled to get a 2% salary increase last year, but due...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Unemployment, Employees, Wages and Pensions, Job Layoffs
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Public facilities closing for the holidays
City Hall and other facilities will be shutting down for the holidays to save money. City Hall will be closed Friday to Jan. 2, along with the Edison and Murdy community centers, City Gym, the Michael E. Rodgers Seniors' Center, the Art Center and all...Tags: Central Park, Holidays
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Mailbag: Numbers don't add up in H.B.
Regarding your article "City makes information easier to find" (Aug. 26), the salaries and benefits you described seem quite generous to me. Now, the city should take the next step in its effort to provide us with more information. Why not outline the...Tags: Newport Beach, Natural Resources, Mouth, Politics, Companies and Corporations
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Fountain Valley committee looks into closing school
The Fountain Valley School District has formed a committee to look into closing a school as the district attempts to cut expenses. Stephen McMahon, assistant superintendent for business, said administrators formed the School Boundaries & Closure... -
District approves $10M in cuts
The Ocean View School District has approved furlough days and other reductions to help make a $10-million cut needed for next year, but officials are unsure where $4.5 million of it will come from. The district's board of trustees, which oversees two...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Ocean View
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Cuts stop before touching faculty at CCCD
Coast Community College District instructors won't have to take furloughs like other district employees, the Board of Trustees said this week. "We were able to commit to no layoffs for any employees next year," said Trustee Jerry Patterson. "That's...Tags: Unemployment, Job Layoffs, Health and Safety at School, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning
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Sparrows Point steel mill will close in June
The owner of the financially ailing Sparrows Point steel plant is idling operations there, warning 1,975 workers Thursday that they would be laid off starting next month.
The news, the latest casting doubt on the future of the Baltimore County facility,...Tags: Bethlehem Steel, Unemployment, Labor Markets, Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System
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Curt Schilling's gaming company lays off entire staff
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios...
Tags: Vice (movie), Unemployment, Tax Credits, Economy, Business and Finance, Entertainment
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