California now meddling with employee pay, accelerating mass exodus of employers out of the state
by: J. D. Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Thursday, October 29, 2015
The ruling Democrats in the deep blue state of California seem forever intent on “out-liberaling” themselves, always failing to understand the very real consequences they create for state residents when they govern by ideology instead of pragmatism.
Recently, it was the state’s authoritarian move to ban parental choice and order all school-aged children to be vaccinated. Now, we have the state’s new “equal-pay” law, which Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed recently. Billing it as the “nation’s toughest” law of its kind, Brown’s signing drew raucous applause from the usual suspects — but also from the vast flock of sheep comprising the majority of the California electorate who have no idea what is coming next.
As reported by the Washington Times, the California Fair Pay Act supposedly strengthens the existing equal-pay law by banning employers from paying any employee less than what their opposite sex counterparts are earning for “substantially similar work,” not simply “equal work” — a definition that is far more subjective and, thus, more susceptible to interpretation and litigation. In addition, the law prohibits employers from retaliating against an employee who might seek to raise his or her pay under its provisions.
“Sixty-six years after passage of the California Equal Pay Act, many women still earn less money than men doing the same or similar work,” Brown said. “This bill is another step toward closing the persistent wage gap between men and women.”
New law an invitation to litigation
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