Business | California retailers trim staff as shoppers cool their spending California retail spending in the year's first five months – minus online shopping -- rose only at a 1.2% annual rate.
Business | Pitney Bowes laying off 236 people as it closes e-commerce hub in Bloomington By Samantha Gowen August 15, 2024 at 1:23 p.m. The shipping company is liquidating the business, which lost $136 million last year.
Business | Southern California pay raises at 4-year low By Jonathan Lansner August 13, 2024 at 8:08 a.m. Employees cost Southern California bosses 4.5% more in wages and salaries in the year ended...
Business | Californians say they were fired for leaving their jobs in sweltering heat. Is the state on their side? By CALmatters August 7, 2024 at 11:03 a.m. While California has rules to protect farmworkers from excessive heat, inspections and citations are significantly...
Economy | Inland Empire adds 5,700 jobs in June, biggest leap since November By Jonathan Lansner August 5, 2024 at 9:51 a.m. However, the unemployment rate was 5.3% for June vs. 4.3% the previous month
Business | California bosses ranked third-best in US By Jonathan Lansner August 2, 2024 at 8:52 a.m. Massachusetts and Washington were the only states with better grades on my scorecard.
Business | Disney plans new round of job cuts in its TV operation By Bloomberg July 31, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. The company is eliminating about 140 jobs, or about 2% of staff at Disney Entertainment...
Business | LinkedIn is bullish on AI, but will it help job seekers? By The Associated Press July 29, 2024 at 1:18 p.m. The jobs platform says it's seeing about 50% of people wanting to change roles this...
Housing | Southern California’s real estate hiring runs 55% above average By Jonathan Lansner July 27, 2024 at 7:25 a.m. Up 6,500 workers for June vs. pre-pandemic 2015-19's 4,200 average.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Optum laying off 364 California healthcare workers, shuttering urgent cares By Samantha Gowen July 26, 2024 at 1:15 p.m. The layoffs are tied to the closure of several urgent cares and physicians offices in...
Economy | How can Southern California unemployment and hiring both be rising? By Jonathan Lansner July 19, 2024 at 2:48 p.m. 8 million local workers in June – an increase of 22,800 in a month and...