Showing posts with label layoffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label layoffs. Show all posts

Killing Jobs & Closing Doors — A Minimum-Wage Warning

by Michael Saltsman.  NY needs to take note of SF. Couples across the country spent Valentine’s Day watching the rom-com “You’ve Got Mail,” where Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan fight over customers as his bookstore behemoth threatens to gobble up her neighborhood Shop Around The Corner. That storyline resonated with viewers in 1998, and     ... MORE

California Identifies Unconstitutionality Of Teacher Tenure

by Howard Blume, Stephen Ceasar.  Unions squeal like stuck hogs. The ruling Tuesday by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge that struck down job protections for teachers in California as unconstitutional will undoubtedly spawn a series of appeals that could last years before a final outcome is reached. But some contend that is too long of a ... MORE

Employers Forced To Get IRS Permission For Layoffs

by Lennie Jarratt.         President Obama has once again decided to change a law without Congress.  This time he is delaying the employer Obamacare mandate until 2016 for companies with 50-99 employees.  He also lowered the percentage of companies of 100 or more to have to offer 70% of it’s employees coverage instead of 95%. If you remember   ... MORE

Brook And Watkins: The Virtue Of Employee Layoffs

Hamstringing the ability to make profits. A CEO stands in front of his crumbling, century-old factory and speaks to his employees. “I promise that no matter what, I will never renovate this place. No matter how many worn-out items break, no matter how much our out-of-date machinery slows us down, no matter how many people tease us for clinging to   ... MORE

WSJ Op-Ed: Vulture Capitalism? Try Obama's Version

Profit-driven economy beats political favoritism.   President Obama is no fan of Mitt Romney-style "vulture" capitalism. So what's his alternative? All those Republicans grousing about the president's attacks on private equity might instead be seizing on this beautiful point of contrast. Mr. Obama, after all, is no mere mortal president. Even as he's    ... MORE