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Updated: Monday, 16 Nov 2009, 6:07 PM EST
Published : Monday, 16 Nov 2009, 6:03 PM EST
Seasonal employment in RI is not expected to increase for the holidays this year.
The Providence Journal is reporting that human resource consultants, the Hay Group, conducted a survey late this summer.
About 40% of stores said they expected to hire between 5%-25% fewer temporary workers in 2009, than they did in 2008.
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