Layoffs

OGDEN — Ogden School District officials called a Friday meeting to tell more than 250 part-time reading coaches their jobs were being eliminated, but they would be free to reapply for a reduced number of restructured jobs for the 2013-14 school year.

Asked by an Early Reading Interventionist how many jobs would be reposted, Assistant Superintendent Sandy Coroles replied that she did not know.

Asked by another employee if the eight jobs at her school could be reduced to four, Coroles said that was possible.

The new job listings will be posted later this month, she added.

UPDATE:

OGDEN — Twenty media specialists/librarians were told Friday morning they would not have jobs with the Ogden School District next year.

The cut is a “reduction in force,” meaning that no compensation is offered.

Administrators broke the news to the specialists at a specially called meeting Friday morning. Those present suspected something was up when they received an email and phone call earlier in the week to plan the meeting.

TOOELE -- Tooele County says it's being forced to make another round of staff layoffs that will all but shut down a recreational complex.

OGDEN — Dillon Christensen stood in line with his 2-month-old daughter Kamryn at Thursday’s job fair for displaced Hostess workers.

“I tried to find a baby sitter, but couldn’t,” said Christensen, 19, from South Ogden. “My wife went back to work from her maternity leave, so I hope we will be OK for a while. I figure we can last at least 2 months, but it sure makes it harder to pay the bills.”

Christensen was one of about 600 workers — half in Ogden and half in Salt Lake City — who lost their jobs Nov. 16, when word came that the company could not resolve strike issues and would liquidate.

With Hostess shutting its doors, jobs in the Top of Utah may drop significantly very quickly. This adds even more pressure on the job market for those still looking for work.

While Utah has been fortunate to enjoy better-than-average employment compared to other states, if you are unemployed, or soon to be unemployed, the emotional toll is still very high. Here are a few things to consider if you fall into either of these groups:

ST. LOUIS — A coal producer owned by a longtime critic of President Barack Obama’s energy policies will lay off nearly 160 workers at Illinois and Utah mines, blaming the freshly re-elected president for a "war on coal."

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Salt Lake Tribune has laid off nine people, blaming the cuts on continued weak advertising revenue and declining circulation.

The Tribune reported Wednesday that the layoffs include five copy editors and four people assigned to other newsroom duties