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THE ABCs, SO TO SPEAK, OF DYNAMEX: AB 5

by | Nov 12, 2019 | Employment

In the employment law field, everyone’s talking about Assembly Bill 5, the new law that’s supposed to address all the confusion about who is and who isn’t an independent contractor. You remember how in April 2018, the California Supreme Court issued its ruling in the...

BYE-BYE, 1099 WORKERS

by | Oct 1, 2019 | Employment

As you’ll recall, Charles Lee, the guy who worked for Dynamex for fifteen days (yes, just 15 days), set the employment world on its head. Because of his lawsuit, it suddenly became much more difficult in California to justify classifying a worker as an independent...

BEWARE OF OVERHEAD CAM’S

by | Oct 1, 2019 | Business

Taking up from my last column, I’m talking with Jim, the owner of the traffic school, “Fun While Drinking and Driving,” about the lease he’s thinking of signing for his new location. We’ve already discussed 1) renewal periods – were there any, and at what rate; 2)...

BEFORE YOU SIGN THAT LEASE…

by | Oct 1, 2019 | Business

You might remember my last column: Jim, owner of the traffic school, Fun While Drinking and Driving, had come to see me about the lease for his new space. He was skeptical about the need to pay an attorney to review the document. So, I challenged him with eight issues...