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Hold the phone: QVC reducing employee hours in PSL

Friday, February 20th, 2009 by TCPalm.com

PORT ST. LUCIE — QVC Inc., one of the largest employers on the Treasure Coast, is temporarily reducing the hours of about 450 workers at its call center in Port St. Lucie.

Starting Feb. 23 certain hourly workers — termed “non-exempt employees” by the company — in the order services group have been advised that they will be scheduled to work on average one day less a week than currently scheduled, said QVC spokeswoman Tara Hunter. (more…)

Tags: employment, Jim Turner, jobs, layoffs, multimedia, Peacock Boulevard, qvc, QVC Inc., retail, Tara Hunter, web
Posted in Economy, Port St. Lucie, Treasure Coast business | No Comments »

Shop with cop brightens kids’ holiday

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 by Ana X. Ceron

PORT ST. LUCIE — Corine Rush surprised her kids when she pulled her red pickup into the Walmart parking lot on Wednesday.

Turned out Christmas had arrived a little early this year.

Helen Rush, 17, of Port St. Lucie hugs Sgt. Rod Dobler of the Port St. Lucie Police Department. Dobler helped pay the extra balance of Rush and her brothers' gift charges.

Rush’s three children were part of a group of about 20 kids who got the chance to shop for gifts, thanks to Port St. Lucie police and the retail giant.

As part of Wednesday’s Shop With a Cop, Walmart provided each child with a $100 gift certificate and police officers offered some company as the kids walked the department store wide-eyed. (more…)

Tags: holiday, multimedia, photos, shop with cop, soundslides
Posted in Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, Weird News | 1 Comment »

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