Searching in California - Difficulties...

by a searcher from University of Texas at Austin

9 months ago

I keep hearing that California is a difficult state to buy and run a small business. Can anyone please help me understand why this is the case?

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searcher from California State University, Chico

As Peter mentioned, managing meal and rest periods, and record keeping can make or break you, especially if dealing with hourly employees. Look up and become familiar with California PAGA. There are also rules around job postings compliance, penalties around not providing final pay at the time of termination, etc. It really pays to know the nuanced labor laws. As a California employer, you're guilty until proven innocent.

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searcher from University of Idaho

Yes labor is huge - especially managing break times and record keeping. As far as labor costs, I moved to CA from Idaho and I can tell you for the same labor, Idaho is more expensive than CA. There’s more labor available in CA than in Idaho, helps keep a lid on it. Even with their minimum wage laws.

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