While many businesses are struggling to stay afloat due to the effects of forced business closures resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, there are fortunatel...

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “FFCRA”), signed by President Trump on March 18, 2020, provides small and midsize employers refundable tax c...

If you have under 500 employees, you immediately need to learn how this new law affects your business.

While it seems like we are receiving updates by the minute from the government, news organizations, and businesses that are closing, it is important for empl...

In the the biggest piece of employment news in the last year, on September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law A.B. 5, solidifying a t...

When hiring a new employee, or converting an employee from an independent contractor to an employee, the company must complete an I-9 form in person, within ...

In the age of the “Do-It-Yourself” (DIY) mentality, entrepreneurs who are resourceful and eager to cut costs may attempt to perform legal work themselves by ...

On September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law A.B. 5, solidifying a tighter standard of rules for classifying a worker as an indepe...

IRS mileage reimbursement rates and local minimum wage rates), so it’s a good time to include policy updates when you provide this information to employees a...

I. B-1 Temporary Business Visitor Visa 1.  Real Examples of When to Use the B-1 Visa For example, if you own a business abroad but want to come to the United...

Are you being reimbursed for using your cell phone and Internet at home while Telecommuting?

Governor Brown signed his last bill on Sunday night.  Over his career, he signed nearly 20,000 bills, including 1,016 this year. The new laws, on a range of ...

letter to the California State Senate, “Given all the special privileges that corporations have enjoyed for so long, it’s high time corporate boards include ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted a two-phase nationwide operation in which I-9 audit notices...

Ms. Grady speaking on the FDI panel about immigration in the Trump Era (09/20/18) Jennifer Grady, Esq. has been invited to appear as a panelist at the San Di...

El Cerrito Emeryville City of Los Angeles County of Los Angeles (unincorporated areas) Malibu Milpitas Pasadena San Francisco City and County San Leandro; an...

Berlin, Germany The Grady Firm,P.C. will be meeting with German clients abroad in June as a way to share accurate information about the realities of doing bu...

May 25, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes an end the International Entrepreneur Rule (IE Final Rule), a program that allows certain fo...

San Francisco, however, has enacted a local ordinance, the San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Ordinance (SFPPLO), which requires that covered employers supple...

USCIS began accepting applications on Monday, April 2, and reached its cap within just four days.  It will reject and return filing fees for all unselected c...