Typically there is a minimum number of employees required to trigger regulations such as that. For example, you are exempt from the required healthcare mandate if you are under 50 employees, I believe. This is common sense stuff to keep the burden for small fledgeling businesses minimized while extracting ethical employment from large. California obviously doesn't take this approach, so I'm glad I've been informed of it.
It's their state, so they can pass whatever laws they want obviously. People living there just be aware that this is incentivizing not hiring remote from California.
It's their state, so they can pass whatever laws they want obviously. People living there just be aware that this is incentivizing not hiring remote from California.