CALIFORNIA, USA — A new state report says most of the California jobs vulnerable to layoffs and furloughs during the pandemic were among people making less than $40,000 per year.
The report by the state's Future of Work Commission released Tuesday comes as California approaches the one-year anniversary of its first pandemic stay-at-home order.
It says just 22% of Californians are able to consistently work remotely, leaving Latino and Black workers more likely to suffer exposure to the virus at work. It also affirms that low-income women bore the brunt of job losses, many from layoffs but also due to child care needs as schools shuttered.
Because of the issue, the EDD said they will not be able to process some payments until March 7, 2021. But one assemblyman says it will be "weeks" longer than that.
