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As CalSavers approaches its first employer deadline, we talk with Executive Director Katie Selenski about the impact the program is already having. What’s it like to work with employers during the pandemic, and how does the program approach some of California’s unique characteristics - as a very large, multicultural state, whose covered workforce by some measures is harder-pressed than most.