Low-income jobs generally can't be done from home and aretherefore the most at risk for unemployment during socialdistancing. In Los Angeles, 14% of workers are at risk forunemployment due to the current economic upset, according to areport from the Apartment List. As a result, thecity is ranked eighth of the 50 largest metros in the nation forthe size of its workforce that can't work remotely.
"The L.A. area has a diverse economy, but its entertainment andtourism industries are massive and—for the most part—considered'non-essential' by government standards," RobWarnock, research associate at Apartment List, tellsGlobeSt.com. "Furthermore, they are industries that don't lendthemselves well to working from home, so many of these workers areconsidered high-risk. The percentage cited in our report is likelya conservative estimate of who is actually feeling pressure; thefood industry in L.A. is huge and even though restaurants are'essential,' we know they are struggling and already laying offlarge numbers of workers"
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