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H.R. Alert - February 2013


From Larry Levy, Employee Relations Management

There are three laws that went into effect in 2012 (addressed in my H.R. Alert November 2011) that may have fallen off your radar screen and I want to remind you of their importance. Violation(s) of any will result in severe financial penalties.

Wage Protection for New Non-exempt Employees

Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of February 25, 2013


By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

 We assist contractors, industry officials and many attorneys that serve the construction world. These ‘lessons’ are best learned when someone else has the problem, before you become one.  Keeping your CA contractor’s license up-to-date is the first rule. It’s often ‘lock, stock and barrel’ when buying a business, but what about using the existing contractor’s license? As businesses take advantage of the new LLC opportunity in CA there is also a new learning curve…

Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of February 18, 2013


By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

How often have you heard something that later turned out to be untrue or way off base? You’d be surprised at how often we do, but for contractors getting it right is the only way to profit. That’s why our first contractor may be a little unhappy with the truth. We map out the directions on LLC operations and take a ‘prime’ cut at  subcontractor paydays…

ARBITRATION & NONSIGNATORIES


By Kenneth S. Grossbart, Abdulaziz, Grossbart & Rudman

As many of you are probably aware, arbitration is a less formal means than trial in deciding a dispute. It is usually less expensive than going to trial as well. Many times, parties end up in arbitration because there was an arbitration clause in the contract that the parties all agreed to. Generally, only the parties to the arbitration agreement are bound to the arbitration agreement or can enforce the arbitration agreement.
 

Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of February 11, 2013


By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

When your business is ‘married’ to a Qualifier for your contractor’s license, can you ‘divorce’ them and keep the license if trouble develops? When you replace a Qualifier is your Joint Venture license still legit? A contractor’s plan may go ‘down the drain’ if he can’t get the right answer in Nevada…

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