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WHAT’S NEW IN 2020 DOT YOUR I-9’S

All U.S. employers must verify identity and work authorization for each employee hired within the U.S., including citizens and non-citizens, using “Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification” (the ...

WHAT’S NEW IN 2020 ROAD TRIP DIP

The Internal Revenue Service hasannouncedits 2020 optional standard mileage reimbursement rate for employee business use of a personal vehicle, effective January 1, 2020, decreasing from 58 to 57.5 cents.

PAYDAY MAYDAY

Many employers mistakenly presume they can depend on their payroll companies for legally compliant services. The fine print will almost certainly establish otherwise.

MY TRUE PAY

My “night job” for some 15 years now is to help make a difference in one of the most challenging regions of the planet, including the nations of Liberia and Sierra Leone, West Africa.

BULLET DODGING PART 2

The product of Sacramento politics, specific “professional services” occupations will be exempted from the rigid “DynamexABC” standard for classifying independent contractors,California Labor Code 2...

CALIFORNIA’S INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

Until April 2018, the 11-factor balancing test inS. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations(California Supreme Court) had long applied to classifying workers as employees or inde...

DODGING THE BULLET

Effective January 1, 2020,Assembly Bill (AB) 5will dramatically extend the ultra-strictDynamex“ABC” test for independent contractor classification. See,California’s Independent Contractors, Endangered...

BULLET DODGING PART 4

When newLabor Code section 2750.3(f)goes into effect on January 1, 2020 as part of Assembly Bill (AB) 5, it will be possible for builders to exempt their sub relationships from the new highly restrict...

BULLET DODGING PART 5

When newLabor Code section 2750.3(g)goes into effect on January 1, 2020 as part of Assembly Bill (AB) 5, certain types of referral agencies may be able to avoid classifying associated service provide...