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Jenny Craig tells staffers it’s winding down its weight-loss centers and warns of mass layoffs

Newsology2 years ago04 mins

[ad_1] Jenny Craig has alerted employees to potential mass layoffs as it begins “winding down physical operations” and hunts for a buyer, according to communications the weight-loss company sent some staffers this week. The company said it “has been going through a sales process for the last couple of months,” according to a document titled…

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Why U.S. vacation policies are so much worse than Europe’s

Newsology2 years ago04 mins

[ad_1] The United States is the only advanced economy that does not guarantee paid time off. “You have entire cultures like France … where pretty much everybody takes August off, and it’s just part of the culture there,” said Shawn Fremstad, director of law and political economy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research….