The number of United Way donors is down more than 25percentt in the last decade, but the steady decline in payroll giving has been offset by a growing emphasis on major gifts from the wealthy.
But General Electric's medical-equipment business hasn't imposed a major factory layoff in five years, holding the manufacturing payroll steady at 3,200 people.
Instead, he and his colleague Mr. Greenlaw argue for new mortgage rules that would reduce foreclosures and steady the housing market, payroll tax credits to encourage hiring and a new job training corps for unemployed workers.
An equally troubling question, if all work becomes freelance and short term, is how a government will finance programs that depend largely on a steady flow of money from payroll taxes.
In its latest memorandum, dated May 8 and released today, the six-member panel noted that payroll employment had steadied early in the year and that there were other indications the recession might have ended.
Liz Neporent, president of Wellness 360, which manages residential gyms in co-ops and condominiums, said that since the downturn she has seen a sharp increase in the number of highly qualified trainers asking to get on Wellness 360's payroll, which offers steadier work but lower hourly pay than independent contracting.
Defenders of Steinbrenner claimed that he wants to win so badly that he'll pay anything, an equally myopic notion considering the steady and simultaneous rise of the Yankees' payroll and ticket prices.
While soft spots remain in the job market -- see "watchlist" below -- and we are not at full employment, we are clearly on that path, as payrolls have settled into a steady growth groove, slightly north of 200,000 per month.
Figures released on Friday August 6th show the unemployment rate remained steady at 9.5% in July, but non-farm payroll employment fell by 131,000, some 65,000 more than expected.
Job growth also continued at a steady if modest pace in January, with employers adding 157,000 payroll positions, though the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9 percent.
