In With the Out(sourcing)
MSNBC
small businesses, calculates small business contracting grew 19 percent last year while staff hiring grew only 3.4 percent. "There was a much greater percentage growth in contractors than there was in the overall small businesses," says Sur...
County Council passes bill requiring same-sex benefits from some contractors
Gazette.net
The Montgomery County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to require some businesses that contract with the county to provide benefits to the same-sex partners of their employees.
CPS Holds Job Fair For Minority Contractors
WLWT 5
CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Public Schools are hiring, and they reached out Tuesday to minority business owners and contractors after the area NAACP chapter applied some pressure. Hundreds of people attended the job fair at Integrity Hall in R...
Resolution On Hiring Illegals In Baltimore County
WBAL Radio
Bryan Sears with Patuxent Publishing reports Councilmen Ken Oliver and John Olszewski want the resolution to be a policy that would include requiring contractors with the county to prove they are not hiring workers who are in the country il...
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New York Daily News
A new report slams the MTA for repeatedly hiring contractors that do shoddy work. Sen. Bill Perkins was the target of a massive pro-charter school demonstration at the Capitol. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin, who both have their eyes o...
Federal judge fines owner of company in Bolivar for hiring illegal aliens
KY3 Springfield
Taylor pleaded guilty last Sept. 14 for hiring, contracting and sub-contracting for hire to obtain the labor of illegal aliens from August 2006 through April 2008.
Salvaging building materials preserves past, and wallet
Seattle Times
When hiring contractors, make sure they support the concept of using salvaged materials and understand your vision. • Second Use Building Materials. 7953 2nd Ave. S., 206-763-6929, www.seconduse.com • Earthwise. 3447 4th Ave. S., 206-624-45...
Balto. Co. may ask contractors to use federal E-Verify program to keep ...
Baltimore Sun
A spokesman for Smith said the county's purchasing office is looking into complaints by construction unions of contractors cutting costs by hiring undocumented immigrants, and how E-Verify might help. Spokesman Don Mohler said officials wan...
Judge: Hiring at BofA biased
CharlotteObserver.com
The Labor Department is committed to ensuring that all workers - including African Americans - are treated fairly by federal contractors in decisions concerning hiring, promotion and compensation," said OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu. "Furthe...
Minority hiring group starts getting questions ready for contractors
News Dispatch
MICHIGAN CITY — Employment of city residents was the major expressed concern of the Local and Minority Hiring Oversight Committee of the Michigan City Common Council at its Tuesday meeting following the meeting of the full council. “But amo...
Tips for Hiring a Contractor for Your Home Improvement Project
Associated Content
Hiring a contractor that does not have the required licenses or insurance can be disastrous. 4) References. The contractors should be able to provide you with names and phone numbers of several customers with whom they have done similar wor...
CPS holding workshop for minority contractors, workers
FOX 19 Cincinnati
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Cincinnati Public Schools is holding a construction workshop for minority contractors and workers interested in providing services for the remaining projects in the district's facilities master plan.
County adopts E-Verify
Times-News
... fines, but did say unwanted scrutiny for federal officials would present other serious problems for contractors. “The ultimate penalty is having the Homeland Security Department find out that they’re hiring and using illegal aliens.