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Legislature Carves Out Exception to On-Call Rest Break Rule for Oil Industry
In the case of Augustus v ABM Security Servs., Inc. (2016) 2 C5th 257, the court held that the plaintiffs, security guards, need to be completely relieved of work obligations during their rest breaks. Their employer required them to be “on-duty” and “on-call” so they...
Big Changes Will Take Place in 2019!
https://youtu.be/6_na2OVTEuM Happily working on my law practice on Saturday, and I'm working on big changes for 2019 - moving from an hourly based fee structure to a more predictable and results based fee structure! 🙂 ⭐We take care of legal issues for business owners...
What is a Corporate Seal and Do I need one for my company?
https://youtu.be/bMwVdjtJc9g ✅A corporate seal is used to stamp or emboss important business documents to show that it is authorized and approved by the board of directors of the company. Do you need one for your company? ✅ In California the answer is no. The...
How long does IRS have to audit your tax returns?
[Click below to Play the video] https://www.facebook.com/FocusLawLA/videos/1844654555657433/?t=0 If I want to be cynical about it, the answer is the time never ends. But generally speaking, IRS has the following time frame to audit your business: 3 years - after the...
Michael Avenatti: Possible Presidential Candidate Accused of Being a Deadbeat
Newport Beach attorney Michael Avenatti has made headlines because of his representation of porn actress Stormy Daniels in her legal disputes with President Trump but lately the news hasn’t been good locally. So bad Avenatti might call it fake. A court order issued...
Wage and Hour Claims Could Be Paid Out of Your Own Pocket
California law spreads a wide net when it comes to who might be responsible for paying civil penalties for a successful wage and hour claim. It’s not just the business entity who could be found liable, but individual who works for it and, potentially, even someone who...
Appeal at Your Peril: It’s Not the Back Pay that Might Get You, It’s the Attorney’s Fees
Disputes over back pay can snow ball if you’re not careful. If not properly handled a relatively small amount of pay that’s being disputed can become an award of thousands of dollars of attorney’s fees. Wage and hour claims, even those over relatively small amounts,...
Employees are Great. Unless They Steal from You.
Employees make your business possible because in order to grow you couldn’t possibly do all that needs to be done yourself. You need to find capable people who are motivated to help you and your customers. Another important quality is honesty. That’s a lesson Robert...
Webinar: Classifying Independent Contractors – How to hire Independent Contractors the RIGHT WAY so you don’t end up paying upwards of $10,000 in penalties, back wages, overtime, and worse – plaintiff attorney’s fees for suing your business.
https://youtu.be/ULGSN8Hgib8 For More Information: http://pages.focuslawla.com/webinar-registration-independent-contractors I want to invite you to join me in this webinar on November 6, 2018, at 12pm PST for about 1 hour or 1 hour and 15 minutes. I will show you how...
So what would you do when your sales representative is stealing your customers!
===> Click Here to Watch Video <=== So imagine that one day you receive an email from a customer. The email was sent to your sales rep and was copied to you. In the email, the customer says, "Mr. Sales Rep, I will follow your instructions," and make changes to...