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by fictionfuture 1356 days ago
This is scary for employers and might be the most misguided move California’s made yet. Going to be a “whooshing” sound of companies headed East…

Idealism should not trump rationality; I cannot believe this actually passed into law

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Let those companies that want to ignore 10% of the workforce go ahead. I'd say that's more idealist than complying with similar laws already enacted in other states as well.
California is a pretty huge talent pool to ignore, especially with Colorado already passing a similar law and many other states moving similar bills through legislature.
It's not idealism, it's shifting power to labor / the individual.