Category: Workforce
APS Recognizes Outstanding Business Partners
Providing safe, reliable and affordable electricity to 1.1 million customers across more than 34,000 square miles takes considerable resources. APS cannot do it alone. It requires business partners who can supply equipment, deliver and produce materials and share expertise across … Continue reading
Desert Peaks Awards Recipients Named
During a special ceremony in June, the Maricopa Association of Governments will honor nine partnerships and individuals who have been selected to receive the 2012 Desert Peaks Awards. The prestigious awards are presented to those agencies and individuals who have … Continue reading
Consulting Expert Sheds Light On New Hiring Trend
An important hiring trend underway right now isn’t getting much attention in the news. Companies both large and small are riding the economic recovery wave by filling mid- to high-level positions with contract employees. According to the Bureau of Labor … Continue reading
Integrate Grows And Gives
Integrate, a Scottsdale-based marketing automation software company, is growing and giving this spring. Integrate is tripling its office space and preparing to hire 50 new employees. At the same time, the company is holding a food drive to help restock … Continue reading
Humana Invites Nonprofits To Apply For $100,000 Grant
An opportunity for Maricopa County charities to secure significant funding to improve the health and wellness of community residents has just opened up thanks to Humana. Non-profit organizations are now invited to apply for the $100,000 Humana Communities Benefit-Arizona charitable … Continue reading
Equal Pay For An Equal Day’s Work Remains Elusive, Study Shows
Tuesday, April 17 is Equal Pay Day, a day to mark the fact that women still only earn 77 percent for each dollar earned annually by men and 82 percent of each dollar earned weekly. A new fact sheet released … Continue reading
CenturyLink Celebrates National Safe Digging Month
This April marks the fifth annual National Safe Digging Month, and CenturyLink, Inc. is reminding Arizona residents to always call 811 a few days before any digging project. When calling 811, homeowners and contractors are connected to the local one-call … Continue reading
First Solar Lays Off 2,000 As Demand Wanes
Tempe-based First Solar Inc. will lay off 2,000 workers and close its factory in Germany following a collapse in solar panel prices that has erased the industry’s profits and forced some smaller companies into bankruptcy. America’s biggest solar manufacturer said … Continue reading
Copper Club Honors Those In Mining Industry
The Copper Club, Inc. has announced their “Copper Persons of the Year”—the men and women of Arizona’s copper mining industry. The Ankh Award will be accepted by Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona, the evening’s keynote speaker, on behalf of the … Continue reading
Construction Industry Loses 7,000 Jobs In March
The construction industry lost 7,000 jobs in March, inching the unemployment rate up to 17.2 percent from 17.1 percent in February, according to the April 6 Department of Labor employment report. Year over year, construction industry unemployment is down compared … Continue reading
Goldwater Institute Seeks Injunction Against Police Union Release Time
Arguing that release time “diverts precious resources from the core public safety mission to ‘union business,’” the Goldwater Institute today asked the Maricopa County Superior Court to enjoin provisions that allow the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association (PLEA) to use thousands … Continue reading
State Land Department, APS Partner On First Solar Facility To Be Built On State Land
Arizona’s State Land Department and Arizona Public Service are working in coordination to build the first-ever solar project on Arizona State Trust lands. Nearly 400 acres in Yuma County will soon be home to the 35-megawatt APS Foothills Solar Plant. … Continue reading
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