Incentives Lure Many to Quit, Even With a Lean Job Market

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Corporations are using early retirement packages as another way of reducing their workforces. Employees who still need to work are accepting these offers because they believe they will find new jobs eventually and are better off with extensive severances, continued health benefits, and full pension payments. Corporations achieve their goal of reducing their payrolls. How FedEX and Verizon Communications used this approach is examined.

Financial management, COMMUNICATION, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Private Mail & Express Services, Couriers and Messengers, Retirement Benefits, Economic aspects, Finance, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Communications industry, Courier services, Express delivery services, Job hunting, FedEx Corp., Company financing, Early retirement, Verizon Communications Inc., VZ, FDX

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College Degree Still Pays, but It's Leveling Off

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The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that on average college graduates earn 45 percent more than workers with just a high school diploma. The spread between the two groups has not changed since the 1990s.

Labor force information, Science & research, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Research, College graduates, Employment, United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wage surveys, High school graduates

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Gaining Ground on the Wage Front

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The weekly wage gap between men and women has fallen from $260 in 1979 to $133 in 2004.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Working women, Wage gap

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