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  • BAE Cuts 230 Jobs At Cumbria Submarine Site - http://digg.com/u1N3jC 12:00:25 PM February 11, 2010 from Seesmic
  • Birmingham City Council may axe 2000 jobs - http://digg.com/d11IMHm 10:17:23 AM February 11, 2010 from Seesmic
  • 750 Jobs Axed at Halifax - http://digg.com/u1Mt3N 12:40:31 AM February 10, 2010 from Seesmic
  • Vauxhall 'axe jobs at Luton site' - http://digg.com/u1Mt3F 12:39:52 AM February 10, 2010 from Seesmic
  • 300 water company jobs to be axed - http://digg.com/u1Mt36 12:39:04 AM February 10, 2010 from Seesmic
  • Nokia to axe 285 jobs at Salo plant. - http://tinyurl.com/ycglrsw 10:04:00 PM February 08, 2010 from Seesmic
  • New CrunchVictims: Nokia to axe 285 jobs at Salo plant. http://www.crunchvictims.com/2010/02/08/nokia-to-axe-285-jobs-at-salo-plant/ 10:01:14 PM February 08, 2010 from Twitter Tools
  • Shell to axe 1000 staff after 75% slump in profits. - http://tinyurl.com/y88px3s 12:33:06 PM February 06, 2010 from Seesmic
  • New CrunchVictims: Shell to axe 1000 staff after 75% slump in profits. http://bit.ly/bTVjKZ 12:30:20 PM February 06, 2010 from Twitter Tools
  • Jobless rate hits 5-month low but payrolls fall - http://digg.com/u1MXfN 09:34:54 AM February 06, 2010 from Seesmic
  • GMAC cutting 554 jobs - http://digg.com/u1MUEF 02:41:02 PM February 05, 2010 from Seesmic
  • Tulsa public school lay offs 114 employees - http://digg.com/u1MUE7 02:40:10 PM February 05, 2010 from Seesmic
  • Unemployment rate falls to 9.7 percent, 20,000 jobs cut - http://digg.com/u1MUAH 02:19:16 PM February 05, 2010 from Seesmic
  • Frontier Airlines cut about 175 Lynx jobs - http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/02/01/daily60.html?surround=lfn 10:10:45 AM February 05, 2010 from Seesmic
  • 250 job losses as council counts the costs - http://digg.com/u1MSti 09:43:02 AM February 05, 2010 from Seesmic
  • Oil Companies Announce Job Cuts - http://digg.com/u1MON7 06:16:09 PM February 04, 2010 from Seesmic
  • Bridgewater newsprint mill put into administration - http://digg.com/u1MF5a 02:11:37 PM February 03, 2010 from Seesmic
  • The Bengal Brasserie II goes into administration after three months - http://digg.com/u1MEsg 01:36:17 PM February 03, 2010 from Seesmic
  • Scots chocolate firm Kshocolat goes into administration with loss of 25 jobs - http://digg.com/u1MEsV 01:35:40 PM February 03, 2010 from Seesmic
  • Sixty more jobs axed by Conservative Westminster Council - http://digg.com/u1MEry 01:34:08 PM February 03, 2010 from Seesmic

• Companies Cutting Jobs

  • BA's Willie Walsh rounds on union as losses mount - Telegraph.co.uk July 30, 2010
    Daily MailBA's Willie Walsh rounds on union as losses mountTelegraph.co.ukBritish Airways chief executive Willie Walsh accused the Unite union of talking "nonsense" as the £150m costs of cabin crew strikes and a £100m hit from volcanic ash chaos sent the airline to its seventh consecutive quarterly loss. ...Strikes push BA £164m into the red T […]
  • Strikes and ash extend BA losses July 30, 2010
    British Airways has revealed a loss for the April-to-June quarter after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland. […]
  • Puerto Rico struggles in the downturn July 29, 2010
    With nearly one in five people unemployed, the economic future looks bleak in Puerto Rico. […]

• PERSONNEL TODAY

  • HR news round-up: HR stories in the headlines 30 July 2010 July 30, 2010
    A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Jobless people who choose to come off benefits and go to work will no longer lose out financially under the biggest shake-up of the welfare system for decades, […]
  • Business groups react with fury to DRA timescale July 30, 2010
    Business groups have reacted furiously to government plans to phase out the default retirement age (DRA) from April next year, arguing that employers will be left with insufficient time to prepare. Currently employers can […]
  • HR news round-up: HR stories in the headlines 29 July 2010 July 29, 2010
    A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Pay deals in the car manufacturing industry are lagging behind the rest of the private sector despite strong overseas demand for British vehicles, […]
  • HR people moves: Catherine Cashin, Katie Ivie, Mark Gilbertson July 29, 2010
    A round-up of the latest people moves in the HR sector. Catherine Cashin has taken up the permanent role of head of HR and organisational development at Stevenage Borough Council. She initially joined the authority on a two […]
  • Default retirement age: Government announces date to scrap DRA July 29, 2010
    The default retirement age (DRA) will be scrapped on 1 October 2011 under proposals announced by the Government today (29 July). The new plans allow for a six-month transition from the existing Regulations, following the […]
  • Air travel no threat to cardiovascular health July 28, 2010
    Air travel poses no significant threat to cardiovascular health, according to guidance published by the British Cardiac Society. The guidance, published […]
  • Recruitment and health screening in the NHS July 28, 2010
    The NHS may welcome the demise of pre-employment health screening, but the OH facility must still assess employees' needs. Nic Paton reports. It's time-consuming, costs money that could probably be better spent elsewhere a […]
  • OH initiatives launched to promote collaboration July 28, 2010
    Two significant initiatives are under way to improve the evidence base and sharing of information in the occupational health profession. A database of nurses working in the sector is being collated by the […]
  • Sickness absence is falling but studies disagree on the reason July 28, 2010
    Depending on who you want to believe, sickness absence is either falling fast because of the recession, or the downturn has led to a glut of sick days with stressed-out workers across Europe concocting more and more excuses not to come in. […]
  • Pre-employment health screening is waste of time, says NHS report July 28, 2010
    Universal pre-employment health screening (PEHS) of all NHS staff is outdated and a waste of occupational health's time and resources, a hard-hitting report suggested. The […]