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  • New CrunchVictims: Mexico airline Mexicana files for bankruptcy. http://bit.ly/brQJTn 09:39:28 PM August 24, 2010 from Crunch Victims
  • New CrunchVictims: Kiss Flights the latest to blame it on ED! http://bit.ly/clMpnn 09:16:47 PM August 24, 2010 from Crunch Victims
  • New CrunchVictims: Realtime Worlds goes into administration. http://bit.ly/cekg0e 10:44:25 PM August 23, 2010 from Crunch Victims
  • New CrunchVictims: Confetti goes into administration. http://www.crunchvictims.com/2010/08/17/confetti-goes-into-administration/ 10:20:21 PM August 23, 2010 from Crunch Victims
  • New CrunchVictims: Every 3.69 minutes someone is going bankrupt (scary!) http://bit.ly/cfblx5 09:16:32 PM August 23, 2010 from Crunch Victims
  • New CrunchVictims: Armstrong World Industries to cut 163 jobs. http://bit.ly/9vy6tw 11:30:19 PM August 22, 2010 from Crunch Victims
  • 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

• Companies Cutting Jobs

  • RBS job losses 'horrific', says union September 2, 2010
    Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is planning to cut 3,500 jobs as part of its plans to halve its administration centres across the UK. Siobhan Endean of Unite called the job losses ''horrific'' and said union members ''are paying the price for decisions by senior bankers''. […]

• PERSONNEL TODAY

  • Sharon Shoesmith given leave to appeal dismissal September 2, 2010
    Sharon Shoesmith is free to appeal the ruling ove […]
  • Companies cut contributions to defined-benefit pension schemes September 2, 2010
    Multinational companies making changes to their defined-benefit (DB) pension schemes are cutting back on their contributions, according to new international research. One-third of respondents said they were looking to make […]
  • HR news round-up: HR stories making the headlines 2 September 2010 September 2, 2010
    A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Staff at the BBC have voted to strike over proposed changes to their pensions, threatening television and radio coverage of events such as the Ryder Cup and the party […]
  • Government publishes details of Equality Act coming into force on 1 October 2010 September 1, 2010
    Alcoholics, smokers, voyeurs and exhibitionists will not be protected by disability provisions in the Equality Act, elements of which come into force on 1 October 2010. The Government published the […]
  • Employee trust low in bosses of recession-hit companies September 1, 2010
    Employees whose organisations have been hit hard by the recession have low levels of trust in their bosses and blame lies with poor management, according to research released today. Organisations who have respond […]
  • HR news round-up: HR stories making the headlines 1 September 2010 September 1, 2010
    A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Britain faces a "brain drain" of talented professionals after it emerged that one-fifth of expats based in this country are considering returning home, according […]
  • Scottish council bosses fear 22,000 job losses September 1, 2010
    Local authority chief executives and finance directors at Scotland's local authorities fear up to 22,000 council staff will lose their jobs over the next two years due to spending cuts, according to research by financial and business consu […]
  • Almost 500 council staff offered voluntary redundancy August 31, 2010
    All staff with the exception of the chief executive have been asked to consider voluntary redundancy by Fareham Borough Council as it faces cuts of £2.4 million in government funding. Some 487 personnel have been offered v […]
  • Firefighters ballot on industrial action as union fears jobs cull August 31, 2010
    Fire Brigade Union (FBU) members in London have until September 17 to decide if they back unspecified industrial action - short of striking - to try to prevent the London Fire Brigade (LFB) changing their contracts to facilitate a&nbs […]
  • Most public sector jobseekers would accept a pay cut August 31, 2010
    Public sector jobseekers are increasingly willing to take a pay cut according to the latest research by Totaljobs.com. The survey of 1,600 public sector jobseekers […]