Jobs and Unemployment (from the New York Times): U.S. Added 216,000 Jobs in December, Outpacing Forecasts-Hiring has throttled back from 2021 and 2022, but last year’s growth was still impressive by longer-term standards.

The U.S. labor market ended 2023 with a bang, gaining more jobs than experts had expected and buoying hopes that the economy can settle into a solid, sustainable level of growth rather than fall into a recession.

The California Legislature has enacted several new laws that will impact the workplace in 2024.  In addition to changes among various state labor and employment laws, the minimum wage will increase.

This alert provides a brief summary of select employment laws that go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024, unless stated otherwise.

It was a wonderful evening at the Romanesque Room as Duane and his staff hosted Pasadena Chamber members and friends for our annual Holiday Party.

It has been a very interesting and confusing year. We were told to expect a recession, but it seems we spent ourselves out of it. Prices rose, and fell, and rose and fell. Interest rates climbed, then settled out and seem to be falling again now. AND consumers keep spending.