California’s Employer Obligations Remain Expansive

Ask your attorney about usury laws and licensing requirements in your state (for example, in California you need to obtain a state lender’s license) and be sure your practices are in compliance. If your attorney doesn’t know the answers to these important matters, get a referral to one who does.

The five states with the fastest job growth (Alaska, Hawaii, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Vermont) had retained some or all of the benefits. States that had cut unemployment benefits did not experience significant job growth. What they did experience was a decline in consumer spending, since the cuts left their citizens with less money, which

“Because contingent work can be unstable, or may afford fewer worker protections depending on a worker’s particular employment arrangement, it tends to lead to lower earnings, fewer benefits, and a greater reliance on public assistance than standard work.”8

California has committed to buying only electric buses by 2029 and to banning the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035.