Evergreen electricity will cost 10.5% more, estimated Geof Syphers, SCP’s chief executive officer (CEO). But in remarks to the board, Janelle Rau, deputy county CEO who oversees county facilities, said the $30,000 premium to purchase Evergreen can be absorbed primarily by the county’s general fund.

Layoffs have a maximum length. An employee cannot be laid off for more than 13 weeks in any given 20-week period (about three months in a period of five months). If the employee is covered by a collective agreement, the maximum length of a layoff is the period of time during which they have the right to be recalled.

Transforming the U.S. electricity sector – and electrifying an increasing share of the economy – represents the biggest job creation and economic opportunity engine of the 21st century. These jobs include every kind of worker from scientists to construction workers to electricity generation workers to welders to engineers.

MANILA - Around 10.9 million Filipino workers lost their jobs and had lower incomes and working hours this year as the COVID-19 pandemic affected the economy, according to a labor report released Tuesday.

Many companies are creating their own leniency policies, with some electricity providers saying they won’t shut off lines if a customer misses a payment. This also includes internet providers.

The stock market crash in the waning days of October 1929 heralded the beginning of the worst economic depression in U.S. history. The Great Depression hit the South, including Georgia, harder than some other regions of the country, and in fact only worsened an economic downturn that had begun in the state a decade earlier. […]

Alcoa is closing one or more plants in Spain for at least 2 years while they invest in energy alternatives. However, ruled by the courts of Spain, they will still have to maintain the salaries of all current employees for TWO years and cannot lay off any employees for the next FOUR years.

D. There will be fewer layoffs at the unprofitable divisions because a new union contract allows the company to reduce wages by ten percent to alleviate financial constraints. E. Five years ago, the company's five divisions all met or exceeded the average net income of the one hundred largest electricity companies.

COVID economy: California unemployment claims jump, layoffs persist Weekly jobless claims statewide soar to three-month high. ... PG&E electricity and gas bills are slated to jump 9% in early 2022.

California workers filed more unemployment claims last week compared with the prior week, an increase that starts 2022 in a disquieting fashion for the state’s battered job market. Workers ...