California Supreme Court Adopts Broad New Misclassification Test

The California Supreme Court has adopted a new legal standard that will make it much more difficult for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors. Specifically, the court adopted a new standard for determining whether a company “employs” or is…

May 17, 2018

New California HR Laws

Minimum Wage California’s minimum wage, effective January 1, 2018, is $10.50/hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees; and $11/hour for employers with 26 or more employees.  And, the minimum salary for exempt computer professionals is now $90,790.07 annually. What…

February 28, 2018

AB1701 + New Labor Code Section 218.7

AB 1701 was a top priority of California building trade unions and perhaps the most contentious industry measure of 2017. While we worked diligently to try and improve the measure to limit its impact on quality union subcontractors, future litigation…

February 15, 2018

Informal Bidding in Your Area

There are over 1,100 public agencies that participate in the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting, a state act that allows agencies to informally bid projects. Informal bidding does not require formal advertising. Instead, the agency may elect to maintain a…

February 8, 2018

Cal/OSHA’s at your Jobsite – Now What?

Below is an A – Z primer on what happens when a Cal/OSHA inspector reports to a job site to conduct an inspection. Regulatory background The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency has administered the…

February 1, 2018

Representative Introduces New Multiemployer Pension Legislation

On Nov. 16, Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH), a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, joined with House and Senate Democrats to introduce the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act to help address the pension crisis affecting retirees nationwide….

December 18, 2017

Subcontract Agreements

By Kenneth S. Grossbart of Abdulaziz, Grossbart & Rudman Let us start off with once again reminding everyone how important a written construction contract is, regardless of the amount of the contract, or who the contract is with. The written contract…

December 8, 2017