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Keep in mind that covering part-time employees is not the norm in retail.

Keep in mind that covering part-time employees is not the norm. But every American deserves health care and we want to lead by taking this step. We hope that others in the retail community will work with us to do the same.

Just shy of 150 employees is what I'm hearing signed up for retirement on Feb. 28." ()

I think it's a great idea. Monte's always been good to us. The wall is there and Monte's always been a big part of the community. He's fattened the postal employees up with his candy for years. He's a great guy. It would be a good thing to do.

I think it is about both. Not only does it help the financial situation, but it sends an appropriate message to employees that they're not the only ones being asked to bite the bullet.

I think it has improved the safety for the public and the employees that work in this building. For the most part feedback has been positive.

It can help hospitals reduce health-care costs and allow employees to work more independently.

It became clear that our own employees who aren't nurses had the aptitude and the ability, but they were constrained by financial reasons or transportation. We traveled the world looking for nurses. The mother lode is within ourselves, within our 17,000 employees.

It also means their job is constantly changing because technology is changing and this is a customer-driven industry. So our employees need to be flexible and driven. They are going to always be in training.

It costs employers major money if employees leave their campus for extended periods of time.

It is a fair offer. What is difficult is the job loss. The employees would rather have their jobs back.

I think the employees came out good this time. Two percent isn't much I would loved to have seen 10 or 15 or 20 percent, you know. Who wouldn't? But it's a step in the right direction, and I'm glad to see it,

It is full of suggestions on steps you can take to protect your building, contents, employees and customers.

It is good news that 4,000 ex-Rover employees are back in work, but there is still a lot of work to do. Our aim is that the remainder will also soon be back in work.

Labor-intensive work that would employ a lot of people is done overseas. The newer manufacturers are kind of lean and mean, and they just can't replace the jobs. It takes fewer employees to turn out the products.

La Fiesta really pays attention to the customer experience. We try to train our employees well, buy the best products, maintain a clean restaurant and hopefully keep a good atmosphere for the client.

I was certainly disappointed. But I would trade that Oscar for all the positive conversations that this movie spurred between parents and their gay children, or between employees and their gay co-workers. That impact transcends any accolades.

I think we have a very, very generous program here, The students are being asked to bear all of the misery. ... The university employees are not bearing any of the misery.

I think we will be close to 100 employees by the end of the year.

I think a lot of our employees have come to us just because they like the space we work in. It's really inspiring space ... that kind of fosters the camaraderie and creativity.

I think it starts at the very top with the elected officials, goes to the appointed officials, goes to the Department of Criminal Justice ... and down to the prison employees who were very lax that day.

It had nothing to do with voting, ... It had everything to do with the fact that they were appreciative of things I did over the years to help the employees and the company.

It has been a pleasure serving as Region I director of institutions, ... I have made many friends over the years and wish you and the employees of the department much continued success.

It has a campus atmosphere, where employees are able to bounce ideas off each other.

I think this is good news. It gives us some organizational stability and puts some concerns on the part of employees about a safety net to bed.

I think that we are at the beginning of a multi-phased, decade-long evolution, and the market really hasn't started to bifurcate - like we saw in data communications - yet. But when it does, we'll be ready to make our moves. As an example, we added 170 employees this last quarter. We are attempting to do the same again this quarter. So we are going to continue to grow organically for the foreseeable future.

I think the 20,000 employees of immigration and customs enforcement have got to be scratching their heads, and saying, am I going to take orders from this particular person who has never held a gun in her hand?

It is important for our employees within NASA to understand that they can appeal a decision by their management. There is a path for everyone to appeal a decision that he or she believes is wrong, and there will be no retribution for appealing.

It is in the best interest of the company, its employees and investors, that we not proceed with the offering during this volatile time,

Law enforcement is in total control of the situation. It is a hostage situation. It's contained to one room of the hotel. Our guests and employees have been evacuated from the immediate area.

It is a way to protect our employees, as well as the plant employees and the county employees,

It is a very strong policy, and we don't expect or even want departments to adopt it fully, but it is an excellent guide. The goal of this program is to raise awareness. We want departments to train their employees and develop their own policies.

I think there will be problems and cases where employees are tripped up by the tests, ... But the bureau as a whole will adapt.

Last year he was adamant that public employees were destroying the planet. ... Now he's into infrastructure. Tell me how he got there? It's a long way from the first sentence to the second sentence.

Last week I fulfilled the pledge that I made in October by establishing an irrevocable $25 million escrow account at Union Bank of California for the benefit of Global Crossing employees who invested their 401(k) plan in company stock.

I think companies will spend billions of dollars over the next several years building their e-commerce structures, and these dot.com employees will be leaders in helping them do that,

On Wednesday, North American salaried Visteon employees will begin meeting with their managers to learn their assignments,

Pearl Software has been a leader in functionality since its first commercial product was introduced in 2000. Now Pearl Echo-Suite 7(TM) meets the expanding demand for scalable e-communications monitoring, filtering and control solutions in the enterprise. The power of Pearl Echo-Suite 7(TM) is that now network managers can monitor, filter and control the e-communications activities of employees wherever they are. With full remote capability, Pearl Echo-Suite 7(TM) gives control of Internet use back to network manager.

Our hearts and prayers go out to those who lost their families or homes as a result of the hurricane. Re-establishing the vital communication link into the area is essential to the rescue and recovery effort. This is what we do and Optus employees are very pleased our expertise will be of assistance to those affected.

Our intention is to work hard to find places for our employees at other stores, or the other store in the mall.

Our job is to arm people with the most up-to-date, relevant intelligence on a city or region. Risk managers and corporate security directors want peace of mind that their employees and assets will be as secure as they can be.

Our investments continue in clinical services. It's that investment, along with the strength of the employees and physicians who work here and the support of the community that gives me confidence we'll be able to return to profitability quickly.

Our Human Capital Index research has found that companies where a relatively high percentage of employees evaluate their superiors tend to have lower performance levels.

Our hope is that we will be able to reach an agreement that will be fair to employees and allow our facilities to continue to operate in a competitive market.

Over the past year, we have been engaged in career development with an eye toward advancement opportunities for our employees. The new assignments for Otto and Scott are designed to broaden both their understanding of the corporation and their experience in the finance and accounting arenas. We are committed to providing advancement opportunities for our employees and will continue to focus on helping accelerate career development and expanding the knowledge base of our staff.

Our plant's outstanding record for safety and performance is a testament to the dedication of the more than 400 men and women who work at the plant. Our employees are committed to nuclear safety, personnel safety, operational excellence and continuous improvement. The last 10 years of operation have been the best performance years in the plant's history.

Our security staff will be monitoring entrances, but all of our employees have been trained in how to politely approach someone and ask them not to smoke.

Our standards have been on the cutting edge of service for two decades. With the JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval, our clients and employees are assured of our ongoing commitment to excellence.

Our standards have been on the cutting edge of service for two decades, ... With the JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval, our clients and employees are assured of our ongoing commitment to excellence.

Our support for March of Dimes is off to a strong start. Employees and their families and friends have embraced the concept of walking together to raise funds to help save babies from the complications of premature birth.

Our goal is a consensual agreement, but we're not willing to give management things it wants but does not really need. If management demands remain excessive we may be forced into a situation where we have no choice (but strike). There are limits to what employees will do.

Our goal is to move as many people as possible to the new location. Fifty percent of current employees would be the best possible result.

Our goal has always been to take Burger King public. We believe the transparency and stability in ownership offered by being a public company will benefit our employees and franchisees for years to come.

Our future success depends primarily on our ability to attract, train, retain and develop the right people within our organization. We believe that 3D Systems offers a very unique employment value proposition. We are creating an open, friendly and inviting work environment within our state-of-the-art headquarters facility that is being constructed at the Waterford Industrial Park. Most importantly, we offer prospective employees the opportunity to join a company that is founded and grounded on a strong customer centric culture, clear priorities, sensible guiding principles and ethical values.

Our costliest health care problems -- in both economic and human measures -- are related to chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes. We know that many of the lifestyle choices we make every day can prevent or delay the onset of these diseases. Employers are learning that the more they help employees determine their health risks and the more opportunities they provide employees to make better choices, the greater the rewards -- a healthier, more productive workplace.

Our cooperative has played a significant role in meeting members' expectations in this part of Missouri for 67 years and we will continue to do that in the future. I know that because of the dedication and stewardship of the directors and employees and the servant attitude they bring to the workplace and their willingness to be guided by our core values of integrity, accountability, innovation and commitment to community.

Our whole theme is to get it done and get our employees back as soon as possible." ()

Our water system has submitted the laboratory analysis results to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division in Atlanta and they have authorized us to rescind the advisory, ... Employees of the water system have already been door to door passing out fliers indicating that the water is safe for consumption.

Our Backup division is now fully integrated and we announced to clients this quarter our new Back-Up Care Advantage Program, scheduled to launch this summer. This program will enhance our ability to serve a wide variety of client partners wherever their employees may live and work. Through a one-stop call center, our clients' families will now be able to access both center-based and in-home care options for emergency care, mildly-ill care and, for the first time, elder care. Working families struggle with the dual issues of raising children and providing care and support for aging parents, and this new program will bring much needed back-up services that will enable these families to better integrate the many challenges of work and life.

Our association with Berkshire Hathaway has already generated considerable excitement in the marketplace. Beyond the obvious financial resources, Warren Buffett is recognized and respected worldwide for his business acumen. The response from our clients, business partners and employees has been overwhelmingly positive. We look forward to making our new owner very proud.

Our business review was thorough, candid and self-critical, ... In order to return our focus to our core business customers, foster a winning culture among our employees and restore credibility with the capital markets, we have had to make significant and sometimes difficult decision -- difficult primarily because they involve people.

Our company is part of the community, we have 36 employees in Chili. We also raised money locally. The company likes to get involved. I think this is an easy thing to do.

Our company and our employees experienced first-hand the tremendous losses left behind in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, ... Extraordinary circumstances call for an extraordinary response to help our communities.

Our commission has been subject to extremely high attrition, ... with the principle reason being the fact that our employees earn substantially less than their counterparts in the other financial service regulatory agencies.

Our 600 employees in Maine can breathe a sign of relief that this referendum is not going forward. We were always hopeful that the effort to impose a crippling new tax on Maine's bottled water companies would not gain sufficient public support.

Right now, our primary concern is for the safety and well being of our employees and neighbors on the Gulf Coast. We are committed to the region and encourage our staff to contact us for more information.

Rising energy prices and interest rates may overshadow the optimism employees have in the labor market in the coming months. While we don't expect worker confidence to fall dramatically, we are likely to see a softening as people struggle with greater day-to-day financial strain.

Research and development never stopped, it was going on all the time. The entrepreneurs didn't vanish. The creative people and the scientists did not go away. Yes, employees were lost and profits fell for a while. But the fundamental capacity of the region, the foundation for new technologies, never was impaired.

Please note that most - but not all - Siebel employees are currently eligible for hire at salesforce.com today and that the recruiting department will screen for eligibility,

Receiving the Excellence in Claims/Loss Prevention Award three times in the past five years demonstrates ABF's commitment to proper cargo handling. We recognize that each pallet, carton or box is a critical part of our customers' business and that loss, damage or delay harms that business, ... The low turnover among our conscientious, experienced employees, coupled with management emphasis and training, results in the best claims experience in our industry. When specific problem areas are uncovered, we use focus groups and the ABF Quality Process to address the root causes; we typically involve our customers and dock employees in this effective problem resolution process. This approach has positioned ABF as the premiere LTL carrier when it comes to delivering shipments on time, intact, and damage free.

Recognition is another important element of empowerment. Employees who make empowered decisions should be recognized and rewarded. Celebrate them. Feature them in the company publication. Give them a prime parking spot near the front door for a week. Throw a pizza party. By doing so, you are sending a message to the rest of the workforce that empowerment is important.

Our research shows that if companies can be encouraged to contribute, employees are more likely to follow suit. Any approach the government takes must acknowledge and encourage the crucial role that companies already have in providing for their employees' retirement income.

Parking spaces are for our employees only and we do continue to monitor those lots.

Our main message to employees is Dana is open for business and will continue to operate in the normal course of business throughout the reorganization process. Dana expects to provide its employees wages, healthcare coverage, vacation and sick leave and similar benefits without interruption.

Our local governments are recovering, but many are on the verge of financial collapse. I'm asking the federal government to help pay the regular-time salaries of these essential public employees during this emergency period,

Our organization has a long-held culture of caring and giving. The actions of our employees on the Ecstasy and Sensation reflect that. We are proud of our people, not only for their thoughtfulness in conducting the fundraising event, but for their tremendous efforts in general throughout the period these ships have been serving as housing in New Orleans.

Our new site is a one-stop resource, where users can find information about the competitive wages and generous benefits that hotels provide to employees as well as information on UNITE HERE's real goal - to use upcoming labor negotiations to grow its declining membership. So whether you are a reporter working on a story, a meeting planner organizing a conference, or a guest planning your next visit, we hope you use our new Web site as a resource for information.

Our nation's communities cannot be a wild frontier where illegal aliens and unscrupulous employees subvert our nation's laws.

Our labor costs have moved from 18 percent of a part to 2.5 percent. We've watched this eliminate the supposed benefits of taking work overseas and it's allowed us to win work back from offshore competition. Our work orders have increased steadily enough that our work force has attained constant growth. Our employees today have higher levels of job security, receive more advanced training, and are better compensated than ever before. If we hadn't shifted, the work they're doing today would most likely be done overseas.

Our members are the owners, but the employees are more important than the owners because we can't operate without them.

People need to step up to the plate and put in the extra hours and get the work done. There will be some areas in the budget that once had 30 employees that will now only have 20, and that's the reality. We'll provide them with the tools to be more productive.

People often wait until the last minute to get this done and realize they can't do it this year. Another reason they should plan early is so they can notify their employees so they can start deferring their money.

Sustainability is an increasingly important concept in building construction, not only in the U.S. but in all of the regions we operate in around the world. We're pleased that we've been able to incorporate so many cutting-edge technologies and systems into our new facility, which will deliver long-term benefits to the company, our employees and the environment.

Sure, when you get this number of people, there are stories of sexual exploitation. But in interviewing these employees one-on-one, there was no evidence of any of that going on. No evidence of sweatshops as portrayed by the national media. It's a beautiful island with beautiful people who are happy about what's happening.

State of Illinois employees responded in overwhelming numbers to our call for help, and our volunteers set a tremendously inspiring example by working in rough conditions to provide Hurricane Katrina's victims access to the services they need to rebuild their lives,

State law generally requires the city to indemnify and defend city employees in litigation arising out of the performance of their duties. We evaluate each case based on their individual facts and circumstances to determine whether any exceptions to this general rule apply.

State employees and other Californians are facing tough times right now, ... We've seen state budget deficits over the last several years. The timing for a legislative pay increase isn't right.

Staggering increases in the price of gas are having serious ripple effects throughout the economy and forcing employees to dip into their own packets to cover the costs of fuel. This is an untenable situation for these workers.

Staff were stuck in a comfort zone and there was a palpable fear of selling. It had come to the point where, if a customer walked into a branch, employees generally considered it cheeky to ask them about their financial needs.

Sprint Nextel shares with Nextel Partners a commitment of excellence to our customers, employees and shareholders. As we work through the regulatory approval processes, we intend to focus on plans for efficiently integrating Partners' business into our operations in a way that is seamless for customers and employees.

Starting in the late 1980s, employees and prospective employees in the retail sector stopped looking at retail as a career opportunity. They look at it as a temporary stopover until something better comes along. When this happens, everybody loses -- employees, customers, stores, etc.

Some of them will be with Meow Mix employees and their friends and relatives. But we're also expecting a lot of regular New Yorkers to stop by.

Some of our maintenance employees saw another airline throwing away a scaffolding. Our guys took it out of the trash and turned it into a picnic table and a few benches for their hangar.

Some GPSS employees were not clear on the policies regarding church and state issues so (the memo) was just a matter of guidance. This is the same policy that all state and federally funded school districts throughout the nation follow.

Some Google employees have their self-driving vehicles take them to work. These car robots don't look like something from 'The Jetsons'; the driverless features on these cars are a bunch of sensors, wires, and software. This technology 'works.'

Mystery shopping is a chance for companies to see how employees do when they are not monitored. They are a valuable link in the chain of measuring and providing good customer service.

My office is concerned that many of the employees were, in effect, coerced into the purchase of the stock. They were forced to purchase stock to protect their jobs.

My new employees had been competing against me for so long, they were afraid to have their competitor become their new boss. They resented the fact that we were onboard. I didn't know how hostile it would be.

NASSCO has hired and trained hundreds of employees to build this class of ships, and this award will provide sustained employment for approximately 1,000 skilled NASSCO employees through 2009.

My wife and some of my employees watch the store while me and my son go to these shows.