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$77,000 worth of temporary hires requested at regional district budget talks
PENTICTON - The Regional District Okanagan Similkameen is looking add $77,600 to the 2016 payroll for temporary and part time positions. At budget talks this week at the Penticton Lakeside Restort, directors considered requests for five positions from several departments. Building Services is seeking three positions, one to help with Kennedy Lake permitting, one to...
Liveable wage at the heart of South Okanagan labour market study
PENTICTON - Local employers are skittish about hiring oil patch workers, while complaints of the high cost of living in the South Okanagan are largely perception-based by prospective employees, Penticton City Council has learned. Those were two of the findings in a Labour Market study of Penticton and the South Okanagan presented by MDB Insight executive vice-president...