Coronavirus unemployment: One in five California workers file for unemployment
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/29/coronavirus-unemployment-one-five-california-workers-unemployment-job-layoff-economy-tech-retail-hotel-restaurant-construction-newsom/
Roughly 3.7 million California workers have filed for unemployment benefits in seven weeks amid the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday — numbers that point to a shocking milestone: About one of every five workers in the state have lost their jobs.
The jaw-dropping avalanche of unemployment claims arrives at a time when call centers and computer systems at the state’s labor agency have failed to respond to the needs of jobless workers.
Coronavirus unemployment: One in five California workers file for unemployment
Apr 29, 2020, 10:34pm UTC
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/29/coronavirus-unemployment-one-five-california-workers-unemployment-job-layoff-economy-tech-retail-hotel-restaurant-construction-newsom/
> Roughly 3.7 million California workers have filed for unemployment benefits in seven weeks amid the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday — numbers that point to a shocking milestone: About one of every five workers in the state have lost their jobs.
> The jaw-dropping avalanche of unemployment claims arrives at a time when call centers and computer systems at the state’s labor agency have failed to respond to the needs of jobless workers.