Remote work led to a rise in cross-metro work, where employees can work in a different metro area from their manager. As The Washington Post reported, employees are 36% more likely to report to a manager who lives elsewhere and often in a city that hosts other managers, according to a 2024 ADP Research Institute analysis.

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California’s unemployment rate increased once again in December, keeping it among the highest in the country, according to the U..S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unemployment in the state rose to 5.5%, which means more than one million Californians were out of work, the agency said in a report Tuesday.

Unions representing engineers and healthcare workers hope to recruit and retain more civil servants with stronger contracts with the state.