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Hiring Crunch Is Hurting Holiday Spirit of Retailers.(low unemployment rate makes it hard to find good workers)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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There are less than 70 shopping days left before Christmas, and Los Angeles retailers are not in a merry mood.
In light of the tight labor market, store owners face their stiffest challenge in decades to hire good, part-time sales clerks.
And it will cost them.
With the Los Angeles County unemployment rate at 5.4 percent and most wages better than ever, it has become a behemoth task to find temporary help willing to work for a few dollars above the state's $5.75 minimum wage.
On a national level, the average retail salesperson now earns a ...
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Niue may return to New Zealnd rule
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times
; NIUE'S STATUS as a nation is under question after...would likely render the nation unviable. Niue currently receives $8m in aid a year from...population fall to the predicted 500. Fears for Niue's political survival come amid the declaration...
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Niue to discuss future with NZ.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association
; ...Minister Helen Clark is expected to visit Niue next month to help cement relationships...would coincide with celebrations marking Niue's 30 years of self government in free...memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Niue leaders about the island's future, the...
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Niue may return to New Zealand rule: reports
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; Niue may return to New Zealand rule: reports WELLINGTON, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Niue's status as a nation is under question after...likely render the nation unviable, they believed. Niue currently receives 8 million NZ dollars (about...
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Niue's Premier Young Vivian to focus on country's future.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association
; ALOFI, NIUE - New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, will visit Niue in October, official announcements by Niue's Premier Young Vivian say. Ms Clark's visit will help cement relationships between New Zealand and the struggling island...
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Niue tourism needs shipwreck
Newspaper article from: The Press
; Niue's Government and dive operators have asked...of the island's coral reefs. Surveys by Niue Dive, the island's only dive company...Phil Goff to donate and tow an old ship to Niue to sink as a dive attraction. "There's...
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Ridding Niue of asbestos could cost NZ millions.
Newspaper article from: New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand)
; Hazardous asbestos roofing abounds in Niue and there's little chance it will disappear...island east of Tonga. Privately, some Niue politicians claim the New Zealand Government...other hand, New Zealand officials say the Niue Government could easily choose to use allocated...
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Telecom Niue Provides Telephone Services To Almost Every Household In Niue And Is The Island?
M2 Presswire
; ...September 2008-Research and Markets: Telecom Niue Provides Telephone Services To Almost Every Household In Niue And Is The Island?(C)1994-2008 M2...researchandmarkets.com/research/85e9d8/niue_telecoms_ma) has announced the addition...
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Interview: Niue to host a successful Pacific summit: premier
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; Interview: Niue to host a successful Pacific summit: premier By Huang Xingwei ALOFI, Niue, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Niue Premier Toke Talagi said the preparations for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting are well underway and he was confident...
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Reef capitalises on Niue potential
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times
; ...Daw gets upset if you so much as question Niue's ability to remain independent. Since...invested more than $3.5 million into Niue in the past year to build the tiny country...sites will be officially opened by Reef and Niue's government, a 50:50 partner in the...
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Polynesian Island of Niue the First Free Wireless Nation; Wireless HotSpot Launched in South Pacific Island of Niue.
Business Wire
; ...Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Alofi, Niue, THE SOUTH PACIFIC--(BUSINESS WIRE...23, 2003 The Internet Users Society - Niue (IUS-N), today announced that it has...service on the Polynesian island-nation of Niue. This new free wireless service which...
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