16 Out of 17 Fast Food Strikers Not Fast Food Employees But SEIU Members?
Yesterday, local and national news reports covered the massive fast food worker strike that took place in over 58 cities. After a brief review of [...]
Donning, Doffing & Security Check Points
The Ninth Circuit recently held, in Busk v. Integrity Staffing Solutions CITE, that the time workers spend passing through security checkpoints after work may be [...]
New Jersey Mayor “Taxed Out” of Home
This recent story from Egg Harbor New Jersey is a sober reminder of why Prop 13 was enacted in California. Unlike California, where property tax [...]
SB 462 — The California Legislature Shifts the Balance Against Employers … Again
It's all about the money. This is something the trial lawyers and their friends in the California Legislature know all too well. Labor Code section 218.5 [...]
Does My Foreign LLC Owe California Franchise Tax Fees?
Although LLCs are have some distinct advantages over corporations and partnerships there are some peculiar California tax rules which lessen those advantages. If you have [...]
It Didn’t Take Long for the Other Shoe to Drop — Another Lawsuit Against Kaweah Delta for Negligent Hiring / Supervision
On July 17th I wrote about a lawsuit filed by a patient who alleged she was sexually assaulted by a Kaweah Delta Hospital employee. That [...]