Retirement Jobs | Retirement Jobs News for 03/16/2009

European judges order ministers to justify retirement age of 65 - Times Online
Britain's compulsory retirement age of 65 will break European law if the Government cannot prove that there are social reasons for it, judges ruled today. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said that ministers would have to prove to the High Court ...

REGION: Hundreds of county workers file for early retirement (North County Times)
RIVERSIDE ---- In casting about for ways to reduce costs, the county created an early retirement incentive and figured it would lure 170 workers...

Point the way to opportunity Break down the barriers of discrimination - San Francisco Chronicle

Point the way to opportunity Break down the barriers of discrimination
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
And the jobs that are disappearing are not just any jobs. They are the jobs in which a worker in Detroit without a high school diploma could afford to buy a home, send kids to college, and own a retirement pension. They are the jobs that provided not .

Reduction in retirees' benefits proposed (San Diego Union-Tribune)
With investment losses of $2.5 billion in its pension fund, county officials want to reduce retirement benefits for new hires for the first time in three decades. Contracts for each of the county's nine labor unions expire in June, and county negotiators wield leverage as unions will be hard-pressed to hold on to the jobs and salaries they have...

Workers sacrifice to keep jobs (The Herald-Mail)
WASHINGTON COUNTY Many people across the country, and locally, are making some sacrifices to keep their jobs. Benefits have been suspended, workweeks cut or pay reduced as the nation's recession deepens...

Payment default not required to get mortgage aid (Los Angeles Times)
Dear Liz: My husband and I both lost our career jobs over the last two years. Since that time we have done everything to try to stay afloat, including borrowing more money on our credit cards, borrowing from our home equity credit line and liquidating our retirement accounts...

Rival a EUR˜fresher Florida? - Herald Tribune
HEREFORD, Ariz. - Anne Graf retired to a secluded new home here in the southeast corner of Arizona, along the San Pedro River. Visitors feel like they are on the fringes of civilization, which fits in with the dictionary definition of retire: EURœto ...

Even in the recession, some companies are hiring - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Help wanted: pharmacists, engineers and nurses. Believe it or not, even some banks are hiring, at least for their technology teams. While the recession has claimed 4.4 million jobs, the economy has created others, many of them for highly trained and ...

Market Wire - Succession Planning Resource by Cutting Edge Information Provides Companies With Multi-Industry Best Practice Solutions
March 11, 2009 -- Some of the most successfulcompanies have found new CEOs without choosing to hire from within. Forinstance, Hewlett-Packard hired the well-known...

Joan Aragone: Tough times underline importance of resources for seniors (San Mateo County Times)
Times are tough for millions of Americans, and San Mateo County seniors are not excluded. According to staff members with the county's social and health agencies, increasing numbers of residents 55 and older are watching homes and retirement funds lose value, and jobs and other sources of income..

Moving can restore savings for retirement - Akron Beacon Journal
How do you turn disaster into opportunity? You move from a high-cost area to a lower-cost area. You move from a somewhat-depreciated area to a much-depreciated area. You move from an area of discomfort to an area of distress. Let's see what can ...

Retirement Jobs - Tips for Seniors Seeking Employment
At least one in four older Americans are either postponing their retirement or seeking to return to the workforce, while 4 in 10 employers have designed programs to encourage late-career workers to stay past their traditional retirement ...

Retirement Jobs - Who's got them | CareerAlley
Links and reviews to job search resources for retirement jobs and over 50 job seekers...

Retired Cape workers collect on disability pensions - Cape Cod Times

Retired Cape workers collect on disability pensions
Cape Cod Times, MA
The former municipal employees whose names are on the disability retirement list are allowed to work other jobs, depending on how well they can function, Quirk said. For example, a former officer might not be able to return to the force, .
Pension freezes can be devastating at mid-career Newsday
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The City Life Are They Depressed? Nowhere Near. - New York Times

The City Life Are They Depressed? Nowhere Near.
New York Times, United States
EURœCEOs and presidents should be on this line EUR” theyre the ones who failed at their jobs.EUR Mr. Wax, a Vietnam veteran who put himself through night school and raised a family, was five years from retirement when the bottom fell out. .

Joan Aragone: Tough times underline importance of resources for . - San Mateo County Times
Times are tough for millions of Americans, and San Mateo County seniors are not excluded. According to staff members with the county's social and health agencies, increasing numbers of residents 55 and older are watching homes and retirement funds ...

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District likely to cut $10M from budget; board also approves retirement incentive, . (Apple Valley - Rosemount Sun-Current)
The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board is eying $10 million in cuts to meet next year's budget shortfall. The decision could affect 35 jobs in District 196 and salary raises for remaining employees...

Now, Get to Work - Wall Street Journal

Now, Get to Work
Wall Street Journal
Meanwhile, the aging of the baby boomers means more need for health-care workers and retirement-related openings in fields including education and government service. 2. Explore a different path. If finding a job in your dream field is difficult now, .
Tough time for grads Rome News-Tribune
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Prudential Reveals UK Adults Delaying Retirement Due to Economy (PRWeb UK)
The new Prudential Class of 2009 retirement survey has revealed that 2.2m UK adults are delaying retirement in 2009 due to the economic recession and falling investments. ( PRWeb 2009-03-13)..

Metro cuts 51 jobs through early retirement, layoffs (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Metro announced today that it has shed 51 jobs through early retirement and layoffs in response to its mounting budget problems...

Vow to create 100,000 jobs (The Courier Mail)
ANNA Bligh has pledged to defy the economic downturn and create 100,000 jobs in Queensland over the next three years...

LNP plans no public sector redundancies - The Age

LNP plans no public sector redundancies
The Age, Australia
But Mr Springborg acknowledged few people would be looking to retire or change jobs in the current economic climate. "You always have a number of people who reach retirement age and a number of people who will resign and go to other positions," he said .

PR Newswire - Change to Win Statement on Introduction of Employee Free Choice Act
March 10, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Change to Win chair Anna Burger issued the following statement in response to Rep. George Miller's, D-Calif.,...

Why People Never Grow Old with Retirement Jobs
In fact, surveys show that almost 58 % of those who are at an early retirement stage and are engaged in retirement jobs had contended that the reason why they still want to work is that they still want to serve their community. ...

District to cut close to 350 jobs - The Courier News

District to cut close to 350 jobs
The Courier News, IL
Despite staff cuts, employee benefits -- which include retirement and health and life insurance -- are expected to increase by about $2.4 million in 2009-10, totaling almost $78 million. Because of all that, the district also is looking to tighten its .

Jobs Retired | Retirement Jobs
Some of the best cities to find retirement jobs support several industries that tend to hold up well in turbulent economies. Huntsville, Ala., for example, has a mix of government jobs at the Redstone Arsenal and NASA's Marshall Space . ...

Worse than 1981-82? Recession on track to be longest in postwar period - Times and Democrat
WASHINGTON EUR” Factory jobs disappeared. Inflation soared. Unemployment climbed to alarming levels. The hungry lined up at soup kitchens. It wasnt the Great Depression. It was the 1981-82 recession, widely considered Americas worst since the ...

Move the 'applause meter' on behalf of older Floridians - Herald Tribune
When I was growing up there was a TV show called "Queen for a Day." This hit 1950s show featured female contestants who told about how destitute they were and how much becoming "Queen for a Day" would help them. My sister, brother and I would sit ...

Raise retirement age for troopers - Courier-Post
The retirement age for state troopers should be raised to 60. Workers who can't keep up with the rigors of certain, specialized jobs that require unique physical skills, should be let go. Jobs such as airline pilot or FBI agent require people to be ...

N.B. unions warn services to suffer with cut of 700 public sector jobs (Times & Transcript)
Public sector unions say the New Brunswick government will slash 700 jobs in Tuesday's provincial budget and they warn services and the economy will suffer as a result...

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) - A much missed Heartbeat
March 6, 2009 -- Byline: Denis Kilcommons NOSTALGIA is not what it used to be. Heartbeat and The Royal, two of Sunday night's most popular dramas, have now...

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) - More keeping the cash
March 6, 2009 -- WORKERS are saving rather than spending in the credit crunch, a survey found. Legal & General's MoneyMood Survey found just 18% of workers in the...

For a City Garbage Man Thinking of Retirement, the Final Route . - New York Times

New York Times

For a City Garbage Man Thinking of Retirement, the Final Route .
New York Times, United States
Outside the job, Mr. Dixon liked to play cards and the occasional handball game, and like his wife was a Jehovahs Witness. EURœThe truth is, he was a good man,EUR she said. EURœHe let me have my way. He loved his daughters. Theyre good girls, with jobs and .

New Process Gear workers face another tough choice (links to statement . - Syracuse Post-Standard
With the fate of New Process Gear Inc. on the line, management and the United Auto Workers last week put on a full-court press to encourage workers to approve a new contract. The proposal UAW Local 624 members will vote on Monday and Tuesday hinges ...

President in on-the-job-training, as North Korea threatens "war" - renewamerica.us

President in on-the-job-training, as North Korea threatens "war"
renewamerica.us, DC
Right, and back here in the USA, we have a president who has threatened to shut down our own coal industry, and admits his "cap and trade" global warming legislation will cost consumers, as Americans anxiously eye the daily plunge of their retirement .

Retirement Jobs
There are lots of reasons that current or prospective retirees are job hunting, there are companies that are interested hiring experienced older workers, and there are job sites that focus on retirement jobs so companies can find ...

Feb 27, Low Stress,
I am 60 and will need to work forever and all of my jobs in the past (except for 2) have caused me stress related illness. Now that I look forward to...

Oakland Tribune - Science, biotech career fair draws 1,000 job seekers
March 9, 2009 -- SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO -- After 12 years of working for his previous employer, Leo Chen is back at square one. Chen, with black hair slicked back...

Cost Jobs | Retirement Jobs
Retirement Jobs has job listings and search resources and advice for 50+ workers. It also has a premium (pay) membership that is supposed to provide extra advice for job seekers. AARP links to Retirement Jobs content from its site. ...

Stronger unions, better jobs: Why middle-class families need the . - New York Daily News

Washington Post

Stronger unions, better jobs: Why middle-class families need the .
New York Daily News, NY
Health and retirement benefits declined at the same time, as countless employers shifted from pension plans to cheaper, more volatile 401(k) retirement accounts. While salaries and benefits were stalling or fading, living expenses including food, fuel, .
The Big Labor Threat to Economic Recovery Hawaii Reporter
Workers welcome Free Choice Act People's Weekly World
E-mail It Eye on the NLRB
Heritage.org - PR Newswire (press release)
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New York Jewish Week, The - Spending Your Tzedakah Dollars
March 5, 2009 -- SAVING SHEKELS The Jewish Week introduces a feature during the current economic crisis that will advise read- ers about saving money and spending...

Where are the Best Retirement Jobs?.
Whether you are seeking work for monetary gain or personal fulfillment, there are many retirement jobs perfect for individuals over 50. Tags: best retirement jobs, retirement jobs, career opportunities...

Vow to create 100,000 jobs (The Courier Mail)
ANNA Bligh has pledged to defy the economic downturn and create 100,000 jobs in Queensland over the next three years...

Oakland Tribune - Jobless figures hit home for Bay Area workers
March 6, 2009 -- CONCORD -- Any doubt about the housing bubble's thick burst across the job market ends here, on Port Chicago Highway, at an EASTBAY Works one-stop...

Entrepreneurs Rebuild After Job Losses - MSNBC

Entrepreneurs Rebuild After Job Losses
MSNBC
Many are looking to rebuild their lives after being laid off or forced to take early retirement. With so few jobs out there, more people are becoming entrepreneurs. Experts have some advice: Don't spend too much money to make money. .

LNP plans no public sector redundancies - West Online
Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Lawrence Springborg says he will not make public servants redundant under his plan to slash $1 billion from the bureaucracy. The WA government is seeking to make 500 jobs redundant by the middle of 2010 in a bid to ...

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - 'Even greater comfort' in troubled times
March 6, 2009 -- Church members find themselves caught up in an extraordinary financial crisis. It is sweeping not only across the United States, but also across...

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) - YOUR SAY: What is the best job you've had?
March 10, 2009 -- Renee Chambers, 74, retired, from Shiremoor: I was a council comptometer operator.The job doesn't exist anymore but I had a good pension. Irene...

Oakland Tribune - Liberty High trustees consider wide-ranging cuts
March 11, 2009 -- Trustees of the Liberty Union High School District revisited an expanded list of proposed budget reductions Wednesday and issued pink slips to...

Expert tips for finding retirement jobs | RetirementRevised
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and so it goes with retirement in 2009. The brutal stock market decline and frozen real estate market have wrecked the retirement plans of many Americans, who now find themselves back ...

Helping others in a pacific coast community
I am a retired California bay area CEO of a retail/contract floor covering and interiors business with 3 retail stores and an office in Reno,NV. I was...

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