Comments on: CA labor law enforcers penalizing the productive

By: SkippingDog

SkippingDog — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:07:27 +0000

Lord knows we wouldn’t want any business to be required to actually pay the wages and overtime for the labor of their employees. I guess Katy is okay with a business stiffing its employees for their work and nobody should do anything about it.

By: Queeg

Queeg — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:16:29 +0000

Hondo is a carpetbagger.. Does not live in California….his posts are not useful…..he was never part of a solution for anything.

By: Small Business Owner

Small Business Owner — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:54:43 +0000

The state is just trying to get their “fair share”, numerous class action law suits are now the norm and Cali just wants to get a larger slice of the pie. That $ is already going to the shrewd attorney’s (and the employees they represent) that know it’s next to impossible to be 100% compliant. Sure our labor laws are excessive, time and 1/2 overtime after 8 hours, double time after 12 hours, meal periods, 10 minute mandatory breaks during your shift, just to mention a few… None of our neighboring states have to meet these employer requirements and Federal laws are much less stringent. However, why shouldn’t the state go after my competitors that pay straight cash and a straight daily wage, ignoring all labor law requirements ? Those labor laws are already on the books so like it or not legitimate companies are forced to comply. I would like to think the title of this article should be “CA labor law enforcers penalizing the (largest) cheaters,” but that’s just wishful thinking. The companies that are compliant 95% of the time also have much to worry about.
You’d have to be crazy to start a business in Cali, if one has the opportunity to do business anywhere they should do it ! Or you can put your head in the sand and find out for yourself what you are really up against.
Hondo, it’s also the greatest state in the union to be employed and know a good attorney. I gotta get back to work now and make sure my secretary doesn’t leave 3 minutes early from her lunch break….

By: Queeg

Queeg — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:27:34 +0000

The key….develop business models that do not require employees….or border your business in a nearby state….ship in your stuff!

If your a pigeon……become a golden eagle.

By: Hondo

Hondo — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:01:00 +0000

Its time for the Texas guv to make another job stealing trip to the state.
Kalifornia, the greatest state in the union to be unemployed.
Hondo…

By: stolson

stolson — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:28:18 +0000

Well, don’t count on rising property values in CA, to offset the dismal labor picture——–a result of CA’s regs…and Unionistas—

Joe Cusumano, a real estate agent, outside a home in Riverside, Calif. He said much of his business came from large investors.
The last time the housing market was this hot in Phoenix and Las Vegas, the buyers pushing up prices were mostly small time. Nowadays, they are big time — Wall Street big.

Large investment firms have spent billions of dollars over the last year buying homes in some of the nation’s most depressed markets. The influx has been so great, and the resulting price gains so big, that ordinary buyers are feeling squeezed out. Some are already wondering if prices will slump anew if the big money stops flowing.

“The growth is being propelled by institutional money,” said Suzanne Mistretta, an analyst at Fitch Ratings. “The question is how much the change in prices really reflects market demand, rather than one-off market shifts that may not be around in a couple years.”