I know California offices were closed. I understand no one living in California can apply for remote jobs. Why is this?
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It is not just Allstate, there are few other companies that have or are limiting hires in California due to the laws in there.
Many corporations have done the same. California requires overtime be paid any hours worked over 8 hours in a single day. So, if you work 12 hours a day for 3 days you get 4 hours of overtime each day but only work 36 hours that week. Not a very friendly business environment.
Ask California why businesses do not want to be there.
They forced almost the entire California region of Allstate to a sweat shop in Chandler as a take it or leave it as they closed the CA offices.
Yet not all of the Esurance people had to move even though their entire operation was roughly the same size and under the same umbrella.
It's not just claims. We cannot hire in California in underwriting either. They blackballed the state in most all departments. I was told as a California resident and employee that I cannot move to another position from my current one. When asked how do I advance my career my leader in another state mockingly said "move to Arizona".
Allstate refuses to pay overtime so they shut down most claims jobs in California. The only claims adjusters remaining are a few field adjusters who have a time card to punch in and out and work a 40 hour work week and need approval for OT.
Several years ago there was a lawsuit in which claims employees sued and won. Ever since they have banned adjusters from working there due to the labor requirements.
Because of several California lawsuits by Allstate employees for its failure to pay overtime wages. Allstate settled these suits for millions of dollars but the Class Action lawyers got about 60% of the proceeds (which is the usual case--lawyers always get the best end of the deal). The rest was distributed to current and former California Allstate employees in accordance to their amount of proven overtime hours worked during the time frame of the suit allegations. Allstate dragged its feet for years on these lawsuits and the settlements probably did not sit well with TW and GS. In any event, since non-California employees are not subject to California labor laws, Allstate can work your a***s off without having to pay a cent of well-deserved overtime. Have fun working those 50 - 60 hour weeks for a 0 - 3% "raise" at the end of the year.
Because California's labor laws protect workers against Allstate's illegal practices and abuses. The banning of Californians to new positions is what you would see happen in the unlikely event that a center or area of Allstate ever got close to unionizing. Allstate would shut it down before the unionization got to the point of becoming reality or able to protect the workers. Allstate has zero tolerance for unionization and will burn down a center or department before they ever let it come to be.
Because of California's Labor Laws are worse than having a Union.
Because California has a different set of employment laws than most other states.
Required overtime for adjusters verses salary in Texas or Florida is a good example.