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Healthcare Company Optum Announces SoCal Workers Layoffs

July 30, 2024 2:35 amJuly 30, 2024 2:36 am

Optum, a healthcare company and subsidiary of UnitedHealth, announced during the weekend that 364 healthcare workers in Southern California will be laid off between September and January 2025, with 525 being laid off nationwide. While in recent years the Bay...

The Signs of the Times

February 5, 2024 2:45 amFebruary 5, 2024 6:29 am

Last week the Los Angeles Times announced it was laying off 115 news staff, in the middle of labor negotiations no less. While I take no joy in seeing people lose their jobs, a part of me thinks that the demise...

More Layoffs Coming in California’s Insurance Industry Without Reform

September 12, 2023 2:54 pmSeptember 12, 2023 2:54 pm

San Francisco might not be the only California colossus in a so-called “doom loop.” The property and casualty insurance market is experiencing a crisis of its own, and the consequences are dire for the entire state economy. Here’s one recent...

California’s WARN Act Requirements

March 26, 2023 7:59 amMarch 26, 2023 8:04 am

California’s Labor Code, in Division 2, Part 4, Chapter 4, Article 1 contains the “General Cal/WARN Requirements.” Article 1 was added in 2022 by Chapter 752. Section 1400 names the Chapter the “California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act” or “Cal/WARN...