| S.F.’s Jobs Now program employs 1,200 A San Francisco job-stimulus program aimed at unemployed parents has led to 1,200 people getting hired and the city is trying to expand the effort. bizjournals.com |
Benefits brokers seeing decrease in business Health insurance brokers say layoffs in 2009 left a noticeable dent in the amount of employer-sponsored benefit business they wrote during open enrollment season. bizjournals.com |
CalPERS board re-elects Feckner president The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s Board of Administration unanimously re-elected Rob Feckner to a sixth term as the system’s president. bizjournals.com |
Kansas City charter school Renaissance Academy settles discrimination claims Imagine Schools Inc., which operates charter schools in the Kansas City area, has to pay $570,000 to settle claims of discrimination by two pregnant employees. bizjournals.com |
Cleveland Fed: Prolonged jobless recovery threatens productivity A prolonged jobless recovery could hurt the United States’ productivity when workers finally do find employment, according to an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. bizjournals.com |