Old school rules: L.A.'s progressive reputation belies its no-nonsense reality.(Los Angeles, work life balance, wages and salaries and worker productivity)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: August 7, 2006| Author: Geffner, David | Copyright information

WITH its reputation as a center of creativity and progressive thinking, you might think Southern California as worker-friendly utopia for wage earners.

Don't believe it.

Productivity still trumps flexibility by a wide margin, according to those who study the marketplace for a living.

"The companies that don't practice workplace freedoms are far more numerous than those that do," notes Ruth Milkman a Professor of Sociology and Director of UCLA's Ins...

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