More women having to leave the workforce
Companies see drop of women in management, retail
Ed Andrieski/AP
and last updated 2021-04-01 12:06:24-04
(KERO) â The pandemic pushed more women out of the workforce but also caused a regression when it came to job equity with men.
LinkedIn reports fewer women received promotions into leadership roles in the last year.
Their research showed just under 34-percent of women were hired into senior management roles in the hard-hit travel industry. That s a drop of a full percentage point from 2019. It was a similar situation for women working in retail.
LinkedIn also reports women lost ground when it came to pay equity, ending years of slow progress in that area.
New Yelp report breaks down COVID-19 impact on businesses, including Bakersfield
A year into the pandemic we re breaking down how businesses in Kern County have been impacted. What we found out about official numbers and why no one is keeping a record of just how many establishments went out of business.
Posted at 3:52 PM, Mar 10, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-10 20:27:43-05
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) â A new report from Yelp is highlighting some of the unknown impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses.
As we come up to the one-year anniversary of the official declaration of the global pandemic, Yelpâs report seems to indicate that there were nearly half a million new business openings in the U.S. during the first year. According to the report, that number is down 14% year-over-year.
The deadline for small businesses to apply for grant money is coming up quickly. Only two days left business owners will have until Wednesday to apply to the city's restart grants.
Chef s Choice Noodle Bar to move locations at the end of March
Courtesy of Chef s Choice Noodle Bar/Facebook
and last updated 2021-03-01 12:36:50-05
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) â Chef s Choice Noodle Bar has announced it will be packing up and moving to a new location at the end of the month.
According to a Facebook post, the popular downtown eatery will be moving at the end of March, after spending a decade at its current location.
The post did not disclose the new location but said more details would soon be announced.
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