Benefits August 31, 2011

Hartford-New Haven Tops List of Best Cities for Recent Grads

August 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CareerBuilder reports 46% of employers plan to hire recent college graduates this year—up from 44% in 2010.
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Apartments.com and CareerRookie.com—CareerBuilder’s college job search Web site—have revealed their fourth annual “Top 10 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates” list.  Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut, tops this year’s list with an average rent for a one bedroom apartment of $1,047.  

The rest of the top 10 include: 

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  • Cleveland ($695) 
  • Boston ($1,625) 
  • Denver ($994) 
  • Minneapolis ($941) 
  • San Francisco ($1,560) 
  • Washington D.C. ($1,679) 
  • Philadelphia ($1,068) 
  • Atlanta ($813) 
  • St. Louis ($826) 

 

The “Top 10 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates” list was based on the ranking of top U.S. cities with the highest concentration of young adults (age 20 to 24) from the U.S. Census Bureau (2010), inventory of jobs requiring less than one year of experience from CareerRookie.com (March, 2011), and the average cost of rent for a one bedroom apartment from Apartments.com (March, 2011).
Benefits August 31, 2011

American Samoa Accused of Forcing out Older Workers

August 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced it filed a lawsuit charging the government of American Samoa discriminated against a class of older workers due to their age. 

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According to a news release from the EEOC, the American Samoa government initiated a campaign in the U.S. territory to remove older employees from the government workforce in order to open up positions for younger people who are seeking employment. The EEOC alleges specifically that the director of human resources executed plans in 2009 to remove older staff by involuntarily reassigning employees over the age of 50 into undesirable positions. The EEOC asserts the reassignments were designed to pressure older workers to retire or resign. 

The agency seeks relief on behalf of a class of workers over the age of 40 who may have been reassigned, subjected to different terms and conditions of employment, and/or constructively discharged due to their age. 

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