Month: February 2024
Ensuring that your business is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is not only a legal requirement but also a moral obligation. ADA compliance ensures that your business is accessible to all individuals, regardless of their disabilities. While you should understand the importance of ADA compliance, navigating the complex requirements can be overwhelming. That is where a skilled ADA lawyer can help.
In this blog post, explore how a lawyer can help ensure your business is ADA-compliant.
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Avoiding Unwanted Employees – Which Way Will The Winds Of AB 5 Shift Next?
Assembly Bill 5 formalizes the “ABC test” as the legal standard to determine whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee. Franchise law experts are watching the development of the law closely, as it may make it more difficult for a company to maintain workers as independent contractors.
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Under California law, employees who become aware of a violation of law at the workplace can bring a claim as a ‘Private Attorney General’ against the company. In California’s Labor Code, the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) allows employees to bring a civil action for penalties for themselves, for other workers in similar situations, and/or for the State of California. The procedure for filing a PAGA claim is set out in the Labor Code.
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A bill that just narrowly missed passing through the California Assembly could still lead to some dramatic new changes in laws that would affect franchisors and their business model. Called the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (“FAST Recovery Act”), also known as AB 257, the bill came within three votes of passing through the California Assembly, which would have put the bill just a governor’s signature away from putting into effect some strong new laws that could fundamentally alter the franchise restaurant industry.
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