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Employment
Cummins recalling more workers to Indiana engine plant
October 7, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisEnginemaker Cummins Inc. is temporarily adding a second production shift at its MidRange Engine Plant south of Columbus, recalling
as many as 270 workers who had been laid off or transferred to other facilities when it was idled in May.
MoreState's jobless rate dips, but decline could be temporary
September 18, 2009
IBJ StaffIndiana's unemployment rate in August fell below double digits for the first time since April, the Indiana Department of Workforce
Development said this morning, but the decline could just be a blip.
MoreAfter comeback, former United maintenance facility faces challenges
September 12, 2009
Chris O'MalleyThe mammoth facility near Indianapolis International Airport now employs as many people as it did when United Airlines abandoned
it
six years ago, but its new tenants are contending with struggles of their own.
MoreMARCUS: State's long-term job deficit tops 800,000
September 12, 2009
Morton MarcusRecently, I saw a newspaper story detailing the number and percentage of jobs lost over the past year for Indiana’s
metropolitan areas. This year-over-year story is appropriate, but it tends to hide the truth behind the numbers.
MoreRepublic's purchase of Frontier could mean more local jobs
September 4, 2009
IBJ StaffRepublic Airways Holdings Inc. is considering shifting as many as 250 jobs to its home base of Indianapolis as a result of
its pending acquisition of Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. in Denver, according to a news report.
MoreIT consultant's expansion plans include 130 new jobs
September 2, 2009
Scott OlsonIndianapolis-based information technology consultant Apparatus Inc. plans to expand its local operations and create up to
130 jobs by 2012, the company announced this morning.
MoreKansas City out of running for Harley-Davidson plant
September 1, 2009
IBJ StaffCentral Indiana’s chances for landing a Harley-Davidson motorcycle plant have been improved by the elimination of Kansas
City from the list of potential sites.
MoreTax abatement could help manufacturer add 43 jobs
August 31, 2009
The Indianapolis plant of Rexnord Industries LLC is promising to create 43 jobs and retain hundreds more if the city grants
a five-year tax abatement.
MoreEconomy pushes executives into small firms
August 29, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerIn the recession, folks with former big-company careers
are increasingly taking jobs with small businesses. For some downsized executives, it’s about the desperate need for
a paycheck. Others, who felt impotent and pigeonholed in corporations, discover they prefer the challenge of entrepreneurship.
MoreUniversity Loft plans 30 jobs in Greenfield
August 28, 2009
IBJ StaffIndianapolis-based University Loft Co. expects to add 30 full-time jobs at its Greenfield manufacturing facility thanks to
a federal pact with the U.S. Marine Corps. The company recently was awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to supply metal
furniture for the Marine Corps’ Camp Lejeune base in North Carolina.
MoreWhirlpool to cut 1,100 jobs, close Indiana plant
August 28, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressWhirlpool Corp. said today that it will cut 1,100 jobs by closing a refrigerator factory in Evansville. The jobs will be eliminated
in mid-2010.
MoreIndiana's jobless rate remains nearly unchanged
August 21, 2009
IBJ StaffIndiana's unemployment situation appears to be stabilizing as the jobless rate held almost steady for the third month in a
row, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development said this morning.
MoreIndiana workplace deaths rise slightly
August 20, 2009
IBJ StaffThe number of Hoosiers who died on the job last year ticked up from the previous year. But the total still represents the
second-fewest workplace fatalities since the federal government began tracking the statistic in 1992, the Indiana Department
of Labor said today.
MorePhoenix Group expands, may add 200 jobs
August 18, 2009
Scott OlsonThe Phoenix Group, a Greenwood-based supply-chain services company, said yesterday that it has added 15 employees within the
past month and plans to hire about 200 more workers by the end of 2010.
MoreEnerDel lands $118 million stimulus grant
August 5, 2009
Scott OlsonEnerDel, an Indianapolis-based producer of automotive lithium-ion batteries, will receive $118.5 million in a matching grant
from the federal government.
MoreLilly offering buyouts to 4,000 sales reps
August 4, 2009
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. today said it is offering buyouts to its U.S. sales force,
with hopes of trimming about 300 sales representatives before a sales restructuring set to begin in January, Reuters reported.
MoreMuncie manufacturer Duffy calling it quits
July 30, 2009
Duffy Tool & Stamping LLC in Muncie has notified the Indiana Department of Workforce Development
that the company will close its plant by the end of October. Roughly 130 workers will lose their jobs as a result
of the closure, Duffy said in its July 27 filing.
MoreBattered manufacturing towns hungry for food processors
July 27, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinEconomic development officials like the stability of the food business, though wages typically are mediocre.
MoreStar newsroom braces for pay cuts, possible layoffs
June 29, 2009
Anthony Schoettlehe next two weeks could be critical in determining the level and quality of staffing in the newsroom of The Indianapolis
Star, the state's largest daily newspaper. The paper's union—which represents about 160 news staffers—and management
have been at an impasse since employees' union contract expired Dec. 31.
MoreHICKS: Certain unemployment causes worse than others
June 29, 2009
Mike HicksUnemployment often is a necessary and natural part of a healthy economy. But job losses that come when workers or even entire
industries become redundant are especially painful.
MoreWTHR lays off 20-year vet, plus chopper pilot
June 29, 2009
IBJ StaffChannel 13 eliminates two positions to trim costs, and hopes for a revenue increase in the second half of the year.
MoreKELLER: The party's over for IU Law grads as stapped firms trim opportunities
June 29, 2009
Michael KellerFledgling attorneys face a legal industry in defensive mode, resulting in drooping employment figures.
MoreBoomtown on hold: Recession delays Honda's full impact on Greensburg
June 22, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinJobs created by the new manufacturing plant have been offset by losses elsewhere in the community, and related development
remains scarce. But local officials remain optimistic about Honda's long-term impact.
MoreIQuest buys British firm, expanding local operations
June 1, 2009
Chris O'MalleyIQuest Internet LLC, the largest Indiana-based Internet service provider, is going global, having bought a British company
that monitors and manages data, voice and video networks.
MoreHere's a must-do checklist for personnel managers
May 25, 2009
Tom PhillipsIf you are a human resources professional, now is an excellent time for you to assess the human resource function in your
company.
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