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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by ryandrake on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @12:19PM (#38087209)
Thank you. Businesses don't have some inherent, natural, god-given right to exist. We, the people, through the state, graciously allow them to exist and regulate them so that they operate in accordance with some public good. And even then, they have to earn their existence by being a financially viable business. It's a big hurdle, deliberately so.

This idea that, ohhhhh we can't regulate business because it will make them sad and even make some of them go out of business! The horror! They are not entitled to exist in the first place.

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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by PM_me_your_math on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @12:31PM (#38087436)
You might want to retake your constitutional law courses. The Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8) grants the government power to regulate business. It does not grant citizens the right to do business. The right to do business and participate in commerce and trade is a natural right. You do not allow businesses to exist. You are nobody.
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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by FireBeyond on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @12:37PM (#38087540)
Then being more specific: you do not have a right to a profitable/successful business. Nobody is required to inconvenience themselves for the benefit of your business and pocket.
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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by 8note on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @12:56PM (#38087863)
More specifically, you don't have a right to limit your liability
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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by TheCoelacanth on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:28PM (#38091628)
You might want to reread the first sentence of the Constitution to see who grants the government the power to do anything.
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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by signatoremo on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:23PM (#38092242)
Such a narrow perspective.

First of all almost all of them don’t make it. They aren’t entitled for anything, they fight for any success. And the odd is heavily stacked against them. Check with your local restaurants.

Second of all small businesses provide the majority of the jobs. Your income directly or indirectly rely on the success of small businesses. Your town is kept safe and clean thanks in no small part to the tax money they pay.

You’d want them to success, not berate them with “the horror”. They have to operate within laws and regulations of course. But there are good and bad regulations. Keep the good ones. Take the bad away.

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