Resources for Employees

Job Assistance

WorkPlace Job Center

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The WorkPlace (Job Center) is open and is assisting Long Beach families, workers and small businesses affected by COVID-19. The Job Center is managed by Pacific Gateway and provides the following services listed below in Long Beach, Signal Hill and the Los Angeles Harbor communities. For job assistance, visit http://www.pacific-gateway.org/.

Job search assistance with connections to employers who are hiring Career counseling and vocational training to help individuals make long-term plans and connect to growing sectors of the economy Information about special State, County and City programs for employees who face potential layoffs and downsizing .

Disability Insurance (DI)

Disability Insurance (DI) provides short-term benefits to eligible employees who have a full or partial loss of wages due to a non-work-related illness, injury or pregnancy.

For DI assistance

Paid Family Leave (PFL)

Paid Family Leave (PFL) provides benefits to individuals who need to take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse or registered domestic partner.

For PFL assistance

Paid Sick Leave (PSL)

An employee who, on or after July 1, 2015, works in California for 30 or more days within a year from the beginning of employment, is entitled to Paid Sick Leave (PSL).

For PSL assistance

Unemployment Insurance (UI)

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program pays benefits to employees who have lost their job and meet the Program’s eligibility requirements. Individuals who have become unemployed or partially unemployed may file a UI claim.

For UI assistance