As if the pandemic hasn’t thrown enough challenges at Santa – or rather Santas – a California law is making it harder for the jolly fellows who appear in malls or guest at parties to find work.
These Santa Clauses are typically older workers perhaps filling in retirement income with their seasonal gigs. That might sound like a good idea all around, but it is not in California, where legislation that took effect in January forces employers to hire would-be Santas as employees entitled to complete benefits and working protections. That will inevitably mean less work for Santa, and also potentially less work for other older employers who will increasingly need it.
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