By June 30, 2021 employers with more than 50 employees are required to have a retirement plan in place for workers. This could be either offered through a private-market option such as 401K, a SEP IRA or through the free state-run CalSavers program. The reason...
Business owners should consider how they want to exit the business, as soon as possible. The first step is to establish the criteria to determine when the time is right. If you want to sell your business outright or have family or employees buy you out, one aspect of...
I hope that you and your family are well and safe. I am honored and humbled to announce that Small Business HR Services has been named Business of the Year 2020 by the Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce. I would like to thank the Chamber and its members for...
Many businesses had to work quickly to move their companies into work-from-home scenarios with the first shelter-in-place orders in mid-March. The transition was done hastily and was fraught with obstacles. Employees, many for the first time, were challenged with...
The world, the country, our state is navigating the first pandemic since 1918. We know that this has required many small businesses to shutter their doors temporarily, some permanently. Hopefully you and your teams continue to be healthy and safe during this time....
Assembly Bill 5, or AB-5, has now codified the definition of Independent Contractor that the California Supreme Court ruled on in 2018 has been passed. It will become effective on January 1st. Please note that when the Supreme Court made this ruling in April last...
There is an on-going debate on whether or not performance evaluations, also called reviews, have value. Are reviews a waste of time or do they have value? Many of my clients have the policy written in their handbooks but don’t actually do them. Most of the time, they...
To get perspective – even in California, vacation benefits are optional for employers. Vacation can be granted as paid or unpaid as decided by the Company. Also, vacation pay doesn’t have to be at the same rate of pay as the employee’s regular compensation. An...
The latest guidance on overtime from the Department of Labor does not include how to consider employee’s off shift use of mobile devices. Specifically, since employees routinely check their work email from their mobile device and can respond at any time day or night,...