Call it W.P.A. Lite: a stimulus program that uses taxpayer funds to put 247,000 unemployed people directly into jobs.
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Longer Unemployment Equals Worse Re-employment
Compared to people only out of work a short while, people who have been unemployed longer are more likely to say that the new job they eventually find is “worse” than their old one, a survey finds.
St. Petersburg Times Story on Return of Pension Funds
The St. Petersburg Times has a story about the recent decision in Remia v City of St. Petersburg. Mayor Bill Foster’s comment that he didn’t know where the money to pay the former officers would come from is strange since the City has been holding the officers’ money and earning interest on it for years. […]
Second District Court of Appeal Rules That St. Pete Has To Give Police Officers Back Their Money
On July 16, 2010, the Second District Court of Appeal ruled in City St. Petersburg v. Remia, et al, that the City had to return the pension contributions made by police officers who left employment with the City prior to vesting in the pension. The issue was that the City did not return the individual […]
Job Openings Ratio Little Changed in May
The number of unemployed workers in May outnumbered job openings in America by a ratio of 4.67 to 1, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Checking In on the Job Creation Tax Credit
It’s still much too early to know whether the job creation tax credit signed into law last March is having any effect on job creation, Treasury Department officials said on Monday.