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The New California Independent Contractor Test and How it Affects the Gig Economy As any business leader today knows, the economy is shifting from a place-based, brick and mortar economy to an office-less gig economy populated by independent contractors often only linked to their employer by a phone app. While this shift dramatically changes the workplace dynamic, it also creates some unforeseen pitfalls for employers. The California Supreme Court recently added pitfalls t...Continue reading

How to Survive the Surge in I-9 Audits Are you regularly auditing your I-9 compliance? If not, you may be in for a rude awakening. ICE, or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has ramped up their I-9 enforcement tremendously under the Trump administration. Arrests are up 400%, and worksite investigations are double what they were in 2017. The cost to companies is extreme, $97.6 million in forfeitures, fines, and restitution with a further $7.8 million in civil penaltie...Continue reading

Sole and General Proprietorships and Limited Partnerships One of the core practice areas of SAC Attorneys LLP is business formation. Clients in Silicon Valley often come to SAC Attorneys LLP with a tremendous amount of excitement around the creation of their new business. But while they may be experts in their area of expertise, they often know little more about business formation than the acronyms that the attorneys at SAC Attorneys LLC all see in their day to day life suc...Continue reading

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