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...
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 You Completed the 2020 Census? Deadline Is September 30! The census collects information on how many people live in the United States. It happens just once every 10 years and only takes 10 minutes to complete, but its data has a vital, long-lasting impact on all communities. Here’s what it does for...
Securities and Exchange Commission Expands Definition of Accredited Investor The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently updated and expanded the definition of an ‘accredited investor.’ The old definition used a bright-line test based on net worth and income to determine whether an individual qualified as an accredited investor...
Dawn Coulson Quoted Discussing Recent Lawsuit Filed by Large Retail Tenants The Gap and Old Navy Our managing partner, Dawn Coulson, is quoted in the news again, responding to inquiries about retail giants The Gap and Old Navy trying to use the pandemic as an excuse to not pay...
CALIFORNIA EVICTION (UNLAWFUL DETAINER) BAN IS BACK; LOCAL EVICTION MORATORIUMS REMAIN; AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (CDC) ISSUED ITS OWN EVICTION BAN CALIFORNIA AB 3088 As we have updated previously, at the inception of the COVID-19 closures, the California Courts issued an emergency order banning evictions in the entire state of...
Moratorium on Collecting Employee Payroll Taxes – To Collect or Not to Collect Now, That is the Question The President directed the Secretary of the Treasury to use his authority to postpone the period of collection on applicable wages beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on April...
The Census is taken once every decade and is used to record the population of the country. The data gained from the Census is used to determine federal funding for things such as schools, fire departments, hospitals, jobs, and many other services and programs within the United States. The data...