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Jobs Fort Lauderdale Cut by BankAtlantic

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

A prominent local bank has slashed several of the jobs Fort Lauderdale had to offer.

At the end of last month, BankAtlantic announced its plans to layoff 75 employees, or about 6 percent of company’s total workforce. About 50 of those jobs were at the bank’s corporate headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, while the rest were from various branches.

The cuts were made in an effort to reduce expenses during 2011. All of the employees affected by the layoffs were offered severance pay and outplacement help (If you want to know more about outplacement, click here).

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Construction Jobs in Fort Lauderdale Decline

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Thousands of construction jobs in Fort Lauderdale have been lost during the last year.

A recent report from the Associated General Contractors of America found that Fort Lauderdale lost 4,000 construction jobs – a decrease of 11 percent – when compared to last year. Other areas in South Florida continued to lose construction workers as well.

West Palm Beach lost 4,400 construction workers, a decrease of 16 percent, while Miami lost 1,700 construction jobs, a decrease of 5 percent. Florida as a whole saw its construction industry drop 18,600 employees over the year.

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Fort Lauderdale Teaching Jobs Safe for Now

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Although the local school district is planning to eliminate hundreds of positions, Fort Lauderdale teaching jobs will remain safe, at least for the time being.

Broward County Public Schools recently announced that up to 475 jobs could be cut from the district’s facilities and maintenance divisions. The layoffs are part of the School Board’s attempt to reduce the district’s $1 billion capital budget by $47 million. That budget pays for construction projects, major purchases and the salaries of most people in the facilities and maintenance divisions.

The district is looking at other measures to avoid cutting that many jobs, including selling surplus properties and backing out of design contracts on projects that are still in planning stages. However, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, it is still expected that some people will lose their jobs, regardless of any additional initiatives taken by the district.

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