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Pizza Hut Fires Over 1,200 Drivers In California Before New $20 Minimum Wage Comes Into Effect

December 26, 2023 4:03 pmDecember 28, 2023 4:37 am

Multiple Pizza Hut operators throughout California announced on Tuesday that they would be laying off hundreds of drivers before the new state minimum fast food wage of $20/an hour comes into effect on April 1st. The new law, Assembly Bill...

California’s Draconian AB-5 Law Should Be Debate Topic #1 for Gov. Newsom

November 27, 2023 3:22 pmNovember 27, 2023 3:22 pm

When Gov. Gavin Newsom faces off with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the upcoming Fox News debate on Thursday, November 30, Newsom should be made to answer for the countless flagrant fiascos of his own making in California — not...

State Disability Insurance Taxes Going Up – For Some, Going Up A LOT

November 20, 2023 3:39 pm

Right now, if you earn the typical California salary of about $65,000 a year, you – not your employer – pay about $590 each year in state disability insurance taxes. As of January 1, that tax is going up and...

Fed Unemployment Debt to hit $20 Billion

October 31, 2023 2:45 amOctober 31, 2023 2:46 am

The Employment Development Department will be putting $20 billion worth of coal into California’s stocking this Christmas. On Christmas Day, or thereabouts, the EDD debt to the federal government will reach $20 billion dollars in principal and interest and –...

This Time, Governor Newsom Lied About the EDD

October 18, 2023 10:28 am

This story has two aspects, one simple and one complicated, complicated with a capital B for bureaucracy. First, the simple part – Governor Gavin Newsom lied. Not an obfuscation, or a missing context thingy, or a matter of interpretation –...

She Can Stay: GAO Says Julie Su Can Be ‘Acting’ Labor Secretary Indefinitely

September 21, 2023 5:10 pmSeptember 25, 2023 5:49 pm

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said today that Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su can remain in the position as “acting” secretary for as long as President Biden wants her to stay. “As the Deputy Secretary of Labor, Ms. Su...

About Last Week… Legislative Lunacy

September 17, 2023 1:14 pmSeptember 17, 2023 1:14 pm

“Anything you do crazy, I can do crazier than you…no you can’t, yes I can, no you can’t, yes I can HULABALA!!!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnVrop697uU While that may not be an exact transcription – nor exact security camera video – from a...