Irvine, Orange County Employment Attorneys – California continues to be ahead of the Federal laws when it comes to minimum hourly wages.   The current Federal minimum wage is $7.25.  Effective January 1, 2019, California’s minimum hourly rate was increased to $11 for companies with 25 employees or less. The base hourly wage increased to $12Read More…

Dentists and Business Owners In California and the need for Disability Insurance –  Business Overhead Expense (BOE) is a form of disability insurance that provides coverage for business overhead if the owner suffers from a disability (temporary or permanent). The BOE expenses typically include overhead which consists of:  rent, mortgage, insurance premiums, employee salaries, andRead More…

Orange County, California Employment Law Attorneys   –  On April 30, 2018, in its opinion in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, California Supreme Court clarified the standard for determining if a worker should be classified as an employee or an independent contractor.   The Supreme Court made it very clear that the burden of establishing that a worker is an independent contractorRead More…

Pre-Employment Salary History Inquiry – No more! –  One of the additional laws that have gone into effect in 2019, is restriction on getting salary history.   AB 2282 provides in party: (a) An employer shall not rely on the salary history information of an applicant for employment as a factor in determining whether to offerRead More…

A Required Controlled Substance Security Prescription For Orange County, California Dentists, and Physicians –  To combat the opioid epidemic in California, Assembly Bill 1753  was signed into law in 2018 and became effective on January 1, 2019.  According to Orange County attorney Mazarei of Mazarei Law Group, Inc., under this bill, physicians and dentists are requiredRead More…

Short-term Disability for Orange County Firms and Individuals –  Most employees in Orange County, California are generally familiar with sick leave: a certain amount of hours available to eligible employees when they feel under the weather, have medical appointments or aren’t able to work for a few days due to a health condition. What’s lessRead More…

Orange County Sexual Harassment Training Law –  One of the important California laws that has gone into effect on January 1, 2019, is the expansion of the sexual harassment training.  Inspired by the #MeToo movement, more employers are now required to provide sexual harassment training.  Senate Bill1343 expands the number and type of employees who must beRead More…