Southern California real estate hiring slows to a crawl
Job growth in Southern California’s real estate industries seems to be grinding to a near halt. My trusty spreadsheet found property-linked employment in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San...
View ArticleAnaheim staffing agency to pay $2.2 million to settle hiring discrimination suit
A former Anaheim-based staffing agency will pay $2.2 million to settle a hiring discrimination lawsuit that alleged it failed to recruit and refer job candidates based on race, sex or disability,...
View ArticleSouthern California wages jump 5%, beating US raises for 9th consecutive year
“Swift swings” takes a quick peek at one economic trend. The number: Southern California workers got an average 5% increase in wages and salary last year compared with 4.6% nationally. The source: My...
View ArticleCalifornia health workers may face cuts in hours, benefits under $25 wage law
By Don Thompson | KFF Health News Nearly a half-million health workers who stand to benefit from California’s nation-leading $25 minimum wage law could be in for a rude awakening if hospitals and other...
View ArticleNew rules for pregnant workers include accommodations for abortion
By Claire Savage and Alexandra Olson | The Associated Press Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions — along with pregnancy-related medical conditions like...
View ArticleCalifornia’s fast food prices rose 7% before new $20 wage, No. 1 jump in US
California fast food prices have risen by 7% in six months – the biggest bump in the nation, according to one industry cost tracker My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a study by Datassential tracking what...
View Article37% more Southern California workers added in March than average
Southern California’s bosses added 27,800 workers in March — a hiring pace 37% above the region’s pre-pandemic job growth for the month. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures released...
View ArticleFirefighter, forester, trail builder: The first US Climate Corps jobs are here
Alicia Clanton | (TNS) Bloomberg News Restoring coastal ecosystems with oysters in Florida, protecting forests from wildfire in California and maintaining a cultural site (the Pearl Harbor National...
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Google has fired 50 employees after protests over Israel cloud deal,...
By Catherine Thorbecke Google has fired an additional 20 workers that it says were involved in protests last week over the company’s cloud-computing contract with the Israeli government, bringing the...
View ArticleTesla layoffs draw suit claiming not enough warning for California workers
By Robert Burnson Tesla Inc. was sued by a former employee who claims the company’s decision to lay off about 10% of its workforce in a global retrenchment violated the law by failing to provide...
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