Why Corporations Won’t Hire Remote Workers in Colorado
This is why I believe that many of these worker protection laws will wind up bringing more harm than good unless they can be implemented at the federal level. I cannot imagine how difficult it would be for a small or mid-size company to try and maintain compliance with a patchwork of 50 different state regulations.<p>Suppose Colorado has a law saying that all new roles must be presented to current employees as promotional opportunities and then Michigan (hypothetically) passes a law saying that all new roles must be presented to students graduating from Michigan State first? These laws could be in direct conflict, so which state does the company pick?<p>Do you spin up entire HR and Legal departments just to make sure you&#x27;re not violating laws in states in which you don&#x27;t even have employees yet? The easiest thing to do is just say &quot;this law is too complicated for us to deal with right now, so we&#x27;ve decided not to hire here.&quot; Worse, this kind of law gives a huge advantage to FAANG-type companies who _can_ afford such intricacies.