Bankruptcies: Abatement of Rent During the Pandemic 2020 has not been kind to landlords, restaurants, and other segments of the retail industry. Commercial landlords need rents to pay the property taxes, insurance and mortgage, which may be guarantied by the owners of the corporate landlord. Commercial tenants need retail sales...
EEOC Answers Questions About COVID-19, the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act and Other EEO Laws The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued technical Assistance Questions and Answers in a December 16th update. If you are an employer, you should review it. We provide it here in full: INTRODUCTION All EEOC materials...
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS – COVID FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS CASCADE OVER THE PROVIDER AND THEIR CREDITORS Healthcare providers across the nation are suffering financial hardship caused by COVID-19, amounting to more than half a trillion dollars since March1. Besides the increased costs associated with COVID-19 protocols, losses accumulate due to canceled services, whether...
CALIFORNIA IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF U.S. PRIVACY LAWS Californians passed Proposition 24, a Consumer Personal Information Law and Agency Initiative. The law requires extra compliance and requires a company to publish retention periods for various kinds of personal data captured by the company. The new law also gives consumers...
WORK FROM HOME LEGAL ISSUES – AVOID THE LAWSUITS Expense Reimbursement The Stay at Home Orders arising from the COVID-19 pandemic forced many employers to have employees work from home (“WFH”) and the WFH era is upon us. Having considered the cost savings, benefits and employee morale, many employers, large...
Bankruptcies are on the Rise Do Not Violate the Automatic Stay or Discharge Injunction The American Bankruptcy Institute issued a report on October 29th that indicated that as stimulus checks and other forms of temporary relief run out, experts are projecting an increase in personal bankruptcy filings, which have so...
Have Your Employees Completed the Sexual Harassment Prevention Training? – Deadline is January 1, 2021 California law now requires all employers with 5 or more employees to provide a 1-hour sexual harassment and abusive conduct prevention training to nonsupervisory employees and 2 hours of training to supervisors and managers. All...
Help Your Heirs or Estate Representative Digital Accounts All of us rely on digital devices and online account access, such as sharing family photos, social media, email, cell phone and computer, banking, bill pay, bitcoin, etc. Now imagine what will happen after you’re gone. Will your loved ones be...
Newly Increased California Homestead Exemption Law Protects the Equity in a Home What is a Homestead? California allows homeowners the ability to declare property their “homestead” if it is their primary residence. This declaration establishes that a certain amount of equity you have accrued in your home is considered off-limits...
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL FORECLOSURES CHANGES TO PROCESS AND TIMING On September 28th, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 1079[1], which alters the process for how foreclosed homes are sold at trustee’s auction, requiring notice and preferred opportunities to tenants, local governments, and nonprofit/low income housing entities to buy foreclosed homes...