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the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people
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According to Employment Development Department data, there are 200,000 fewer Californians in the labor force — those employed or seeking employment — than there were in February 2020, just before the pandemic exploded.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
For most Americans, that’s a simple question: More than 80% of Americans age 70 or older have left the labor force.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Instances of long-term sickness among women have spiked 48% in the last five years, an astonishing rise that accounts for the majority of the overall increase in long-term sickness across the British labor force.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
Why, though, should today’s tectonic shifts in technology that are upending the labor force stop just short of the teaching profession?
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 May 2024
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
For most Americans, that’s a simple question: More than 80% of Americans age 70 or older have left the labor force.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Instances of long-term sickness among women have spiked 48% in the last five years, an astonishing rise that accounts for the majority of the overall increase in long-term sickness across the British labor force.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
Why, though, should today’s tectonic shifts in technology that are upending the labor force stop just short of the teaching profession?
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 May 2024
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“Labor force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20force. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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