While many now refer to the COVID-19 pandemic as a thing of the past, it is anything but gone. At the time this post was drafted, positive COVID cases in
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Tips and Tricks for Assessing FFCRA Benefit Payments
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As this pandemic began to take hold in the U.S., I was the one arguing “there is no way they will shut down all of California, it just isn’t practical!” …
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Newsom’s Executive Order Focuses On Protections for Food Service Workers
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It shouldn’t surprise anyone that a massive component of California’s economy is and has been agriculture and food service, including farming, canning, processing, and of course, restaurants. Given the size…
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COVID-19 Downturn Prompts EDD to Speed Up Partial Unemployment Applications
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The current crisis caused by COVID-19 will leave its mark on history in many ways, not the least of which will be an economy turned on its head. Since the…
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Dynamex: Looking Back at Retroactivity
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The gift that keeps on giving, the California Supreme Court decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court is getting a fresh look to determine whether it applies retroactively. …
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Roadmap to Expansion – Independent Contractors From Top to Bottom
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The California Supreme Court decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court continues to change the legal landscape. On May 2, 2019, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal revived…
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California Supreme Court Clarifies Overtime Calculation
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Calculating the correct overtime pay rate in California has long been a complicated process. The basic overtime rate is defined as one and a half times an employee’s “regular…
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