Founded in 1998, we are a boutique firm representing employers exclusively, located in the heart of Old Town Pasadena, California. We work from two stark facts in the business world. First, executives and administrators can become their own worst enemies out of misconception or ignorance of constantly evolving workplace laws. Second, and particularly in lawsuit-happy […]
Helena is “Of Counsel” to the Law Offices of Timothy Bowles. She contributes to the firm’s continuing specialty of employment law while adding her extensive experience in copyright/ trademark and contract work. Helena also regularly assists clients in the evolving area of home care law, aiding in creation and compliance, and as applicable, registration, of home […]
Building Subcontractors’ Exemption From the Strict New Limits on Who is “Independent” When new Labor Code section 2750.3(f) goes into effect on January 1, 2020 as part of Assembly Bill (AB) 5, it will be possible for builders to exempt their sub relationships from the new highly restrictive Dynamex ABC standard for independent contractor classification. […]
A partner at Bowles Law, Cindy has a strong skill set and extensive experience in California employment law issues. This includes harassment prevention training, employee handbook compliance, wages (including overtime), meal and rest breaks, leaves of absence, independent contractor classification, disciplinary measures, and terminations. Prior to joining Bowles Law, Ms. Bamforth served as in-house counsel […]
Effective January 1, 2020, a portion of Assembly Bill (AB) 5 — new Labor Code section 2750.3(e) — exempts bona fide business-to-business contracting relationships from the ultra-strict Dynamex “ABC” test for independent contractor classification.
California’s “Professional Services” Exemption To Strict Independent Contractor Definition Licensed Beauticians Among the Eligible The product of Sacramento politics, specific “professional services” occupations will be exempted from the rigid “Dynamex ABC” standard for classifying independent contractors, California Labor Code 2750.3, effective January 1, 2020 (part of Assembly Bill (AB) 5). See, Dodging the Bullet (October […]
Attorney Tim Bowles, July 2019 Tim Bowles, our lead attorney, has an extensive and successful 40-plus year history as a litigator. A graduate of the University of California Berkeley (1971) and University of California Davis School of Law (1977), Tim mentored under some of the leading constitutional and trial lawyers of the day, representing churches […]
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The Industries and Professions Not Subject to California’s New Independent Contractor Restrictions Effective January 1, 2020, Assembly Bill (AB) 5 will dramatically extend the ultra-strict Dynamex “ABC” test for independent contractor classification. See, California’s Independent Contractors, Endangered Species? (October, 2019). However, a portion of AB-5, to become Labor Code section 2750.3(b), exempts several specific industries/licensed […]
An Endangered Species by Newly Enacted “AB 5” Until April 2018, the 11-factor balancing test in S. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (California Supreme Court) had long applied to classifying workers as employees or independent contractors. That court then dramatically changed the rules in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior […]