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WHAT’S NEW IN 2020 THE ROAD TO INFANT IMMORTALITY
Expanded State Approval Powers Over “Baby” Entertainers California has long regulated the “employment” of infants in the movies. Labor Code 1308.8 bans babies under 15-days old while requiring physician certification for our “older” new arrivals (aged 15-days to “under one month”) to work on any “motion picture set or location.” Beginning January, 2020, Assembly Bill […]
MEET THE FIRM: LAW OFFICES OF TIMOTHY BOWLES
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 […]
MEET THE FIRM: HELENA K. KOBRIN
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 […]
MEET THE FIRM: CINDY BAMFORTH
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 […]
BULLET DODGING PART 2
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 […]
MEET THE FIRM: TIMOTHY BOWLES
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 […]
THE LAW OFFICES OF TIMOTHY BOWLES IS PASADENA WEEKLY’S BEST LAW FIRM OF 2019!
The Law Offices of Timothy Bowles has been voted Pasadena Weekly’s Best Law Firm of 2019! We would like to thank our community for voting and allowing us to serve you since 1998. Click here to see where you can pick up your copy the newspaper out now!
DODGING THE BULLET
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 […]
BOSS SAUCED
Senior Managers Must Prevent Supervisor Harassment, Discrimination It is illegal for employers to discriminate against or harass employees because of age, national origin, and other protected classifications. An employer that terminates an employee for such reasons can anticipate a lawsuit for wrongful termination. Also, an employee resignation due to a discriminatory work environment created or […]
NO FLY ZONE APPROACHING
October, 2020 “REAL ID” Requirements For Air Travel Will Not Impact Employment Eligibility As covered in Immigration Nation (August, 2019), the federal government requires all U.S. employers to verify both identity and work authorization for each employee hired within the U.S., including citizens and non-citizens, using “Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification” (the I-9 Form or […]