Luxury hotels are laying off workers and providing them few benefits

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They treat us like family.” Several high-profile and pricey hotels in L.A. have let go of their employees without any severance packages at all, including the Hyatt Andaz in West Hollywood, the Fairmont Miramar Hotel and Bungalows in Santa Monica, and the Luxe Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Employees that are unionized will be able to keep ...
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Customer service company moves entire workforce — including 2,000 in SA — to homes

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Santa Monica, California-based customer support company TaskUs Inc. has moved all of its 20,000 worldwide, including about 2,000 San Antonio-area employees, to remote work. "Tuesday of last week, we no longer felt safe asking our frontline teammates to work in office,
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Astros request a new judge to hear lawsuit filed by pitcher Mike Bolsinger

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Mackey, 90, was first elected to the Superior Court in 1988. In a Superior Court case, each side is entitled to ask for a new judge. Mike Kump, a partner in the Santa Monica firm of Kinsella, Weitzman, Iser, Kump and Aldisert, said such requests are routinely granted and cases are put on hold until a new judge is assigned, usually in a matter ...
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As demand for government relief grows, L.A. restaurants form a united front

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The push to organize began in earnest early last week with two meetings: one held at the Atwater Village pizzeria Hail Mary, the other a conference call organized by Ann Hsing, chief operating officer of Santa Monica restaurants Pasjoli and Dialogue. A few days earlier, Mayor Eric Garcetti had ordered dine-in service suspended at Los Angeles ...
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