> Can I ask where you found this wildly false information? Do you happen to live outside the US?

I worked in California for a few years but I'm not longer there. And those were questions, they weren't meant to be stated as facts.

> Nowhere in California labor law does it prevent people from taking vacations

Hmm, maybe I understood my rights wrong, but from my understanding I wasn't free to take an arbitrary number of vacation days without getting fired. I know Netflix allows that but other than them, wouldn't most employers let you go if you just decided to not show up on random days?

Also, again I'm not expert, but are you sure that someone can simultaneously work for Apple and Google? That doesn't sound right but again, these are mostly discussion questions, let me know if I'm missing something here.

Employers are allowed to limit vacation and prohibit working for competitors. California doesn't force them to.

In California employers are absolutely not allowed to prevent workers from working for competitors outside of their working hours.

You are correct that they can limit vacation time, but Uber could also limit vacation time for contractors. There is nothing specific in California employment law that does not allow employers and employees to mutually agree to open vacation time.

22 CCR § 1256-32: "If an employee, without the knowledge and approval of his or her employer, accepts work for a competitor, the employee has engaged in misconduct."

I think we agree about vacation time.