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CPAs Beware: The Advice You Provide to Employers Could be Costly

Brooke Pollard — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:01:17 +0000

CPAs, like attorneys, face a litany of circumstances in which their position is adversarial to that of the client. These include fee disputes, collections efforts and audits. The state of California has now given CPAs another circumstance in which interests will diverge. It comes in the form of joint and several liability with clients for [...]

The John Wayne Problem and the Bing Crosby Solution

W. Bailey Smith — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:01:57 +0000

In this video, I give a thorough explanation of what I call the “John Wayne Problem and the Bing Crosby Solution.” If you have any questions on the following video feel free to contact me through my bio page.

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A New Bill in the California Legislature May Change the Way Working Parents Do Business

Pamela Tahim — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:51:06 +0000

Many working parents, including myself, rely on babysitters to watch our children while we work. There is a new bill in the California legislature that may change the way many of us do business known as “the Babysitters’ Bill,” Assembly Bill 889, which will require employers to provide workers’ compensation benefits, rest and meal breaks [...]

You Can Lead A Horse To Water, But Do You Have To Make Him Drink?

Geoffrey T. Sawyer — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:02:47 +0000

Is it enough for employers to make meal and rest breaks available to employees, or do employers have to ensure those breaks are taken? That’s the central issue now being weighed by the California Supreme Court in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court after oral arguments were heard in November 2011.

Generally, California requires [...]