Employers have been dismissing more workers in mass layoffs in recent months, both nationally and in South Florida. BY SCOTT ANDRONSANDRON@MIAMIHERALD.COMAfter 21 years at the same Fort Lauderdale boat company, Robert Mulder lost his job. Mulder was laid off in November along with dozens of his co-workers, and now they face a job market that’s [...]

Wal-Mart Lays Off WorkersLAST UPDATED TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2009 12:22 PM CST IN NEWSBy THE MORNING NEWSWal-Mart Stores, Inc., began laying off 700 employees at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club home offices this morning, according to two sources.Ed Clifford, president of the Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce, said he began hearing of the layoffs about 9:30 [...]

http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/09/news…e.ap/index.htm DHL could see big layoffs: reportNovember 9, 2008: 9:13 AM ET BERLIN (AP) — Deutsche Post AG plans to announce a cost-saving program that could result in thousands of layoffs at its DHL cargo shipper in the United States, a German weekly reported Sunday. Deutsche Post spokeswoman Barbara Scheil refused to comment on the [...]

With the economy slowing and demand for new vehicles shrinking, Mercedes-Benz is offering buyout packages to the nearly 4,000 workers at its Alabama plant for the first time since the factory opened 11 years ago.”We’re responding to the demand in the marketplace by reducing our operations here at Mercedes Vance,” said Taylor, president and chief [...]