California Businesses Need to Review Classification of Independent Contractors to Ensure Compliance with New Gig Worker Law
Beginning January 1 of this year, California businesses must comply with new legislation making it significantly more difficult for them to use the independent contractor designation to avoid the expenses involved in providing employee benefits. The law, California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), will require many businesses to reclassify their California-based independent contractors as employees. […]
California’s WARN Act is Unclear on Whether Bay Area Employers Must Give 60 Days Notice of Layoffs Related to COVID-19 Outbreak
The recently issued shelter-in-place orders issued by most Bay Area counties as part of their efforts to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has left numerous local businesses without access to either employees or customers. Unfortunately for those businesses, it is unclear as to whether they can lay off employees without giving 60 […]
