Posted on 09/11/2014 5:35:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Millions of Californians will begin earning paid sick days under a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown that makes the Golden State the second in the nation to require the benefit.
The law takes effect in July and will help 40 percent of the workforce in California, employees largely in retail, fast-food and other service-industry jobs who work full time or part time but who receive no paid sick leave from their employers. Connecticut is the only state that requires employers to provide paid sick time.
"Whether you're a dishwasher in San Diego or a store clerk in Oakland, this bill frees you of having to choose between your family's health and your job," Brown said in a statement after signing the bill at the Ronald Reagan State Building in Los Angeles....
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One article says that Amazon will probably be state sales tax collecting for Maryland soon(said later this year).
I didn't realize that 20 states had Amazon doing this till yesterday. Avoiding the Maryland sales tax is one of the few ways that I can rebel against the Marxists in charge here.
Clearly Amazon needs competition badly by smaller companies that can avoid collecting all those taxes, and we nned it.
Yeah, everyone knows that CA is the only state in the union that has homosexuals.
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