Return to Office Policy for California State Employees

California Governor Gavin Newsom orders state employees to return to the office for at least four days a week, citing the legacy of work-from-home policies due to COVID-19 lockdowns. He directs agencies to update hybrid telework policies and streamlines hiring for former federal employees. Democrats appear to be copying a policy from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Racial Bias in Job Market

A recent study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago revealed that job applicants with names indicating they were white received more callbacks from employers compared to those with names indicating they were Black. The study evaluated 83,000 fake job applications for 11,000 entry-level positions at Fortune 500 companies, assigning grades to companies based on their level of bias. The research highlighted industries and companies with high and low levels of discrimination in their hiring processes.