Labor laws here are not very worker friendly.

I work remotely for a CA company, and my coworkers benefit from a lot of protections that I don’t.

In CA, PTO is not use it or lose it — it’s considered pay, and companies have to pay out any accrued PTO if you quite, are laid off, or fired. In CA, companies are not allowed to require you to agree to a non-compete agreement, you can leave and go work for a similar company w/o fear of being sued by your ex-employer. I’m guessing that there are others, but I’d love to see a few of these worker protections to be adopted here too.