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What can you do now as a small business that’s open during Covid-19?

Read about the updated guidelines /FAQs for the FFCRA: https://www.solmerlaw.com/dol---updated-guidelines-for-the-

Law in the time of #Coronavirus. https://www.solmerlaw.com/covid-19-legal-advice-for-employe

https://www.solmerlaw.com/coronavirus-job-loss-and-sick-pay

What to do if there is job loss due to suspected/perceived/actual #coronavirus? What if you stay home sick? Paid sick leave in California varies depending on the city where you work and your employer's policies regarding PTO. Separate from CA paid sick leave or your employer's policies, you may be entitled to EDD help: https://edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019/faqs.htm You can also urge Congress to pass legislation to expand sick leave. DM/Call for more information. ... www.solmerlaw.com See more

NEW LAW ALERT W2/1099: Did you get a letter from the EDD about AB5 and 1099/W2 changes? Give us a call to understand the new law changes: 714.794.8558.

~~~ NEW LAW ALERT: 1099 v. W2? ~~~ A bill was just approved making it harder to be a 1099. A person should be a W2, not a 1099, unless: (a) The person is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work. (b) The person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business. AND (c) The person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature a...s that involved in the work performed. (Some professions are exempt, and the old Borello factors still apply to those.) This law codifies and clarifies the decision in the Dynamex Operations W. Inc. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 case. ~CALL US IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT IF YOU'VE BEEN PROPERLY CLASSIFIED ~ Full text of the bill: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fac/billNavClient.xhtml

Solmer Law breaking into the lemon law market starting NOW. Our companion site is live and up for comments and suggestions: https://www.lemonlawoc.com/ live

Walmart has failed in its efforts to decertify a class of at least 50,000 workers on Tuesday. Workers sue for missed lunch breaks. Do you get an uninterrupted meal break by the end of your 5th hour of work? Call to find out more: 818.928.5529.

BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING TODAY: Under the federal Equal Pay Act, your boss can no longer rely on your past salary to explain wage differences between you and your male co-workers. Rizo v. Yovino. Thanks to the #NinthCircuit!!! Other great changes happening regarding wage stats reporting requirements.

In the wake of #metoo solidarity...here's a great case from today that your employer must protect and prevent harassment even when the harasser is NOT a co-worker. M.F. v. Pacific Pearl Hotel Management LLC (CA4/1 D070150 10/26/17) FEHA Sexual Harassment by Nonemployee housekeeping employee stated claims against her hotel employer for violating provisions in the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA; Gov. Code, 12900 et seq.) requiring the employer to protect the... employee from nonemployee sexual harassment. The Court of Appeal concluded that the following allegations by the employee were bring claims under the FEHA for sex harassment by a nonemployee and for failure to prevent hasrassment: (1) she was raped while working on the employer's premises by a drunk nonemployee trespasser; (2) the employer knew or should have known the trespasser was on the employer's premises for about an hour before the rape occurred; and (3) the employer knew or should have known that, while on the employer's premises, the trespasser had aggressively propositioned at least one other housekeeping employee for sexual favors.

LIT LAW FIRM MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES GRANTED WINNING FEES AGAINST THE SIDE THAT LOST TRIAL! A Riverside Superior Court Judge granted 100% of attorney's fees and costs requested following trial, commending counsel Lilit Tovmasyan for her work on the matter.