The Los Angeles area posted the nation's
sharpest decline in private-sector employment over the past five years, losing
376,400 private-sector positions, according to a recent federal survey. The
four-county Sacramento region has lost 84,300 private-sector jobs during the
past five years – a decline of almost 13 percent that ranked the area the 96th
worst out of 100 cities surveyed.
The survey released
by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that four Texas markets have
registered the nation's strongest employment gains during the same time period.
(Source: Sacramento Business Journal,
July 30.)
In related news:
Southern California Call Center Jobs Moved to
Florida and Texas. About 325
people could lose their jobs October 6 when Hilton Worldwide closes its
reservation call center in Hemet and relocates the positions to Florida and
Texas – two states with no state income tax, and much lower costs of doing
business.
Hilton announced this
week that it will shut the 24-hour-a-day center in Hemet and will offer the
affected employees severance packages and the opportunity to take positions at call
centers in Carrollton, Texas, and Tampa, Florida.
The Riverside Press-Enterprise said this is
"the latest in a string of Inland call-center closures that has idled
about 1,800 people."
"It's
definitely unfortunate that this significant number of jobs will be lost in the
community," Hemet City Manager Brian Nakamura said. "I know that they
shop in Hemet, they eat in Hemet, a lot of them live in the city of Hemet."
(Source: Riverside Press-Enterprise,
August 5.)
Cal-TaxReports, August 9, 2010
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