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The California Labor Commissioner recently issued the required posting notifying employees of the new mandatory paid sick leave requirements. A copy of the poster is available here. The notice must be posted on January 1,...

Fred Whitaker joined The Coaching Perspective with Doug Gfeller and OCTalkRadio.net for a radio show this week to discuss “The Five P’s of Mergers and Acquisitions” and how “Proper Preparation Prevents Poor...

Fred Whitaker of Cummins & White, LLP was featured in the latest issues of Oil Express. Both issues quote Whitaker straight from his presentations earlier this month at the 2014 Pacific Oil Conference. In “Part I...

Warning: if you’re a business owner or Human Resources professional, you might be tempted after reading this post to call in sick.   Come next July, all California employers will be required to provide paid sick leave to...

BUSINESS BROKER SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED IN MALPRACTICE LITIGATION Highlights Based on its years of experience in insurance and real estate defense, Cummins & White successfully represented a business broker who was sued for...

California adopted a rule in 2014 that waiting periods for new employees to be eligible for health benefits could not exceed 60 days. The rule was recently rescinded, meaning California will now be in line with the federal...

The California Supreme Court just made it harder to treat commissioned salespeople as exempt from overtime and other wage and hour requirements, at least those that are not outside salespersons. In order to meet the standard...

Friday morning, the House passed, by a bipartisan vote of 258-160, H.R. 4718, a bill that would restore and make 50% bonus depreciation permanent. This allows businesses to write off 50 percent of their capital investments,...