Posted on May 5th, 2020
Below is a complete transcript of this video.
What’s happening to fellow entrepreneurs is John Fagerholm again, and today I want to talk about how useless the labor board is.
I’m trying not to be, too degrading because maybe they serve some purpose, but for the life of me, I just can’t figure out what it is.
Maybe I’m just railing cause I’m a little bit angry from returning from the labor board, so I can’t get into specifics about what happened there.
But basically, at this point it doesn’t work for the employer or the employee. And it’s been a very long time since it’s worked for the employer. Cause basically it’s a one-sided show where basically prove you didn’t do anything wrong.
It doesn’t matter what the employee can or cannot prove it’s just throw things against the wall and see what sticks.
Pretend that you’re neutral but then really be fighting for the employee to get paid some money irrespective of whether you know, any laws were broken or not that, that’s basically the labor board in my opinion.
But now I think that it doesn’t even work for the employee. So typically what happens in a, in a labor board claim is there’s the complaint and then they set up a notice of claiming conference, which is like a mediation.
If it’s not mediated there, then they basically will send it to a hearing and then your notice of a hearing, it’s like a trial. You go in there and you present your evidence.
Well now at least in the long beach version, which is the worst of the worst as far as labor departments go, it’s absolutely terrifying to go in there just simply because the entire waiting room is just packed with people looking to sue their employer.
Now maybe some of those are legit. But I think, I think there’s a better way than the labor board.
First of all, it’s changing a little bit with the hearing officers and their lawyers. Now I think they’re trying to hire, but most of the deputy commissioners and the hearing officers that I’ve come across aren’t that astute in the law. It’s, a system they have in place.
They’re taught that system. And it doesn’t matter if it complies with the law or not because their answer is simply as well. You can always appeal it. Well, that’s for another video.
We know that doesn’t work either. But what’s, what’s troublesome is besides just the sheer number of people that are, that are in there, they don’t even have the manpower to, to handle all of this.
So we were told today that because we didn’t, yeah, we didn’t come to an agreement and the notice of climate conference [inaudible] conference, we were told that hearings are now two years out.
So we’ve always known at least in the last decade or so that the labor board doesn’t do much for employers, but now I don’t even see what they’re doing for employees.
So an employee that has a legitimate claim waited an entire year to get to the notice of claim. And conference and now it’s going to have to wait an entire two years to get to the hearing. So three years later, he would get paid what he’s owed if he’s owed something.
That’s ridiculous to me. I just don’t think it works. I don’t, I don’t know why it’s there. I don’t know who’s running the show.
It’s, it’s a madhouse. Anyway, that’s my, I don’t want to go on too much because I know this is more a railing on the system versus giving out good information.
But anyway, until next time, people be productive.
I know it’s tough here in California, but hang in there if you can. Alright.
