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36250
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Winston-Salem based Hanesbrand takes its work overseas. By selling products destined for landfills to recyclers, its helps to provide a new lease on life for items later used by medical teams offering free medical care in the Caribbean and Central America. Courtesy of teaming up with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, patients from places such as the Dominican Republic receive a new lease on life through medical treatments and procedures.
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36255
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The life sciences sector provides job growth for areas such as research, development, and manufacturing. It also fuels funding ventures such as business loans from the Biotech Center. Collectively, this data measures the economic and occupational impact this sector makes on North Carolina.
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Biological laboratories; Research Triangle Park; Research Triangle Park--Industries; Employment; Employment--Statistics; Research and development partnership; Manufacturing industries; Biotechnology; Biotech industries--North Carolina; Burlington--Industry; Asheville Industries (Asheville); Winston-Salem--Economic development
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36242
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How successful the United States is at fulfilling immigrants’ employment opportunities is illustrated by factors such as average hourly wage, types of employment, and North Carolina counties with the highest and lowest employment rates.
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16739
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The issue of job layoffs in North Carolina is a hot topic. And the state's community colleges are at the forefront in the effort to help those workers who have lost their jobs.
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30157
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Non-agricultural employment experienced a small lag from May to March. However, in areas such as defense and textiles, cities like Asheville, Greensboro, and Raleigh are expecting a need for employees by September. Industries are then anticipating the employment rate to reach a point above the lag in spring.
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36249
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Redefining the meaning and location of workplace were employees called super-commuters or road warriors by the author. Included in his discussion of this occupational trend: the Great Recession surge; super-commuter characteristics; cultural changes yielding the acceptance of super-commuting; and profilers of three commuters. 12-14
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30602
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This article reviews the history of the employment-at-will doctrine, with special attention on its use in North Carolina. Also discussed is the 1989 North Carolina Supreme Court decision in the Coman v. Thomas Manufacturing Company, Inc. case, in which the employment-at-will doctrine was modified.
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31371
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Within the next few years, as the result of the adoption of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is is expected that there will be changes to the patterns of employment and personal income by race and sex in North Carolina. Occupational qualifications will open up to a broader range of the population based on availability, acceptability, and adaptability.
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31280
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Due to expansion of industry and business, North Carolina is one of the fastest growing states in the country. African Americans represent about 25% of North Carolina's population, and 21% of the labor force. At the time, African American unemployment rates are higher given the limits of certain educational and cultural opportunities in the past. However, African Americans are moving beyond the constraints of certain job categories.
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5905
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McCloskey examines legal cases in North Carolina \"involving employment policy manuals, and the failure of the courts to apply well-established principles of contract law in further analyses of these cases.\"
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36486
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Materials often considered renewable include metal and plastic; perhaps not connected to the term renewal is lives needing a new direction. Offering a reconstructed definition of renewal is a former student of the nonprofit Built Environment Training Program. The company he co-founded, Southside Woodworks, offers customized furniture such as cabinets and a new occupational path for individuals facing barriers to employment.
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20060
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North Carolina's economy has been deeply impacted by a worldwide recession that resulted from the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression. There is evidence that the financial sector is healing and that the job market in North Carolina is nearing a recovery. This bulletin will examine the outlook for the job market in North Carolina, as well as, the larger economic factors affecting growth in North Carolina.
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30450
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The falling labor participation rate in North Carolina is making it harder for the economy to experience strong economic growth. Further, the number of banks continues to drop, and merger activity is expected to increase over the next couple years in the state. This article discusses employment and economic trends, and new regulations for financial institutions.
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36244
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Reducing recidivism for ex-offenders were programs such as the NC State Industry Expansion Solutions (IES). Through this program, they earn a Lean Manufacturing Certificate. Attesting to the success of this program were statistics related to job growth and economic impact. Asserting its necessity were statistics related to the likelihood of recidivism in the absence of employment.
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18209
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In the mid-1950s, North Carolinians faced several problems revolving around changing industrial trends and providing young citizens with employment opportunities within the state. During the following decades, emphasis shifted to the research triangle and specifically the universities (Duke, North Carolina State, and UNC Chapel Hill) and the development of research and professional development. The author reviews the significance of the research triangle for the region and the state in supplying training and employment to young state residents.
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