BusinessWare Services Blog As California Goes... The Opportunity to Work Act and What It Means for Staffing

A bill introduced to the California State Assembly by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D - San Diego) called the Opportunity to Work Act could have wide ranging effects on staffing agencies doing business in California. The bigger concern is that oftentimes as California goes, so does the rest of the country. The Opportunity to Work Act would require California employers with 10 or more employees to offer additional work hours to existing staff before hiring new employees OR contracting for contingent workers. This bill would apply to employers with workers anywhere in the state, not just at a single location. Specifically, it would require: