The 7 New 2020 Laws Affecting Employers and Business Owners in California
If you’re a business owner with employees, it is time to familiarize yourself with these seven new employment-related laws that went into affect on January 1, 2020. Ensure you follow best hiring practices and follow these laws for existing employees. 1. New minimum wage California has a new minimum wage. If your business employees 25 […]
AB 5 and the Independent Contractor
AB 5 and the Independent Contractor In December 2019, the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, signed into law Assembly Bill 5, which drastically changes how most businesses classify independent contractors. A worker is more likely to be classified as an employee instead of an independent contractor. Although the impetus for this law was to […]
Immigration and the Internet
Immigration and the Internet We live in interesting times. Our current government appears to be stressing preventing people from abusing our immigration system over helping people to legitimately immigrate, or even visit. As such, people planning on coming to the United States, and visitors and green card holders here in the United States must be […]
Instagram and Fair Use
In my last blog I talked a little about copyrights and the First Sale Doctrine. In this blog, I’d like to go back to Copyrights to discuss Copyright law and the Fair Use Doctrine. Here is the situation: Instagram, with over 1 billion monthly uses, has become a common place for individuals and companies to […]
Does your business act like a business?
Don’t say we didn’t warn you, but the implementation of new tax regulations may cause many business owners to lose their business deductions when their “business” is reduced to a mere hobby. Budding entrepreneurs need to ensure their business is set up correctly. Meanwhile, existing business owners need take a magnifying glass to their business […]
