California No. 1 for worker dissatisfaction, by this measure
Let me introduce to you a noteworthy slice of California’s job market – the dissatisfied worker. It’s this good-sized group of unhappy Californians that helps explain consumer jitters, despite a...
View ArticleBeyond Meat in El Segundo cutting workforce by 19% as demand weakens for fake...
By Dee-Ann Durbin | The Associated Press El Segundo’s Beyond Meat is cutting 19% of its non-production workforce after a weaker-than-expected third quarter. The plant-based meat company said Thursday...
View ArticleUS employers scale back hiring in face of higher borrowing rates
By Paul Wiseman | The Associated Press The nation’s employers slowed their hiring in October, adding a modest but still decent 150,000 jobs, a sign that the labor market may be cooling but remains...
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Internal documents reveal the story behind California’s unemployment crash
BY LAUREN HEPLER | CalMatters By the first COVID summer, no one knew who was who. In Nigeria, an oil company IT engineer was allegedly filing for unemployment in California and 16 other states with a...
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Community colleges can ease healthcare worker shortage, say speakers at at El...
The California Community Colleges system has the opportunity to alleviate the health care worker shortage that continues to plague the industry post-pandemic. That’s according to educators, industry...
View ArticleTop investigator says close calls at US airports show aviation is under stress
By David Koenig | The Associated Press The nation’s top accident investigator said Thursday that a surge in close calls between planes at U.S. airports this year is a “clear warning sign” that the...
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Young workers trap: California’s youth toiling in low-wage work, UCLA study says
By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde | CalMatters More than 2 million people ages 16 to 24 are working in California — about the same as the population of Houston — making up 12% of the workforce. They comprise...
View ArticleCHP officers get biggest raise in 20 years — It’s almost double what Gov....
BY NIGEL DUARA | CalMatters California’s state police for the second year in a row will enjoy a salary bump that far exceeds the raises Gov. Gavin Newsom has offered to other public employees thanks...
View ArticleSouthern California jobs hit record high in October
If there’s an economic cooldown in Southern California, bosses missed the memo as local jobs hit a record high in October. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures released Friday, Nov. 17,...
View ArticleNew incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few...
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS | AP Business Writer NEW YORK — Justin Ryan Horton has two jobs. When he’s not working 24-hour shifts as a firefighter, the 22-year-old is working as an administrative...
View ArticleSouthern California real estate jobs grow at double the seasonal pace
Southern California real estate bosses added 10,200 jobs in October — a hiring rate that was 139% faster than the pre-pandemic seasonal norm. My trusty spreadsheet found property-linked employment in...
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LA’s Fashion Institute laying off 322 in company transition
The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles has given notice of a mass layoff that will affect 322 employees, but the institute said most likely will retain their jobs under new...
View ArticleEDD taps Money Network as its new unemployment contractor
By Lauren Hepler | CalMatters California has a new unemployment and disability payment contractor after the state’s multi-billion-dollar pandemic fraud panic. The Employment Development Department...
View ArticleHow California’s new Labor committee chair is prioritizing women, senior workers
By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde | CalMatters On Nov. 22, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas appointed new leadership in the state Legislature, including 23 female leaders of various Assembly committees,...
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Cardroom employees protest another California bill aimed at non-tribal gambling
More than 100 LA-area cardroom employees and supporters gathered Wednesday, Dec. 6 in Fullerton to protest a bill they fear could fuel wide-ranging job and revenue losses for their industry. The rally...
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The US economy added 199,000 jobs in November
By Alicia Wallace | CNN Minneapolis — The US economy notched another solid month of job growth, with an added lift from actors and autoworkers coming off the picket lines. Employers added 199,000 jobs...
View ArticleJeep maker blames California for job cuts in their Midwest plants
By Keith Laing and Gabrielle Coppola | Bloomberg Stellantis NV is eliminating a shift at a Jeep plant in Detroit and cutting jobs at its Toledo, Ohio, Jeep assembly complex, a move the company blamed...
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Chapman 2024 economic forecast: ‘Very slow growth. No recession’
James L. Doti, Chapman University President Emeritus and Professor of Economics, speaks during the 2023 Economic and Business Review, an economic forecast for Orange County, California and the U.S., at...
View ArticleSt. Francis Medical Center workers fired 5 days before Christmas
Striking workers at St. Francis Medical Center who have openly complained of understaffing and inadequate patient care were fired Wednesday, Dec. 20, just five days before Christmas. The seven...
View ArticleSouthern California hiring pace slows in November
A record number of Southern Californians were working in November, despite a hiring pace that was three-quarters what’s normal for the month. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures...
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