CA Labor Code Section 2780 includes a fairly broad exception:
"except for the inventions which: Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer's business, or actual or anticipated research or development of the employer"
For a company like Google or Amazon, I'm not sure that there's very much that falls within 2780.
For a company like Google or Amazon, I'm not sure that there's very much that falls within 2780.