1. Meal Breaks. First it should be noted that the California Supreme Court has agreed to hear three cases regarding an employer’s obligation to provide meal breaks (Perez, Brinker and Brinkley). These decisions should be made by Summer of 2010.
2. Sexual Harassment. [...]

Every year, the Internal Revenue Service sets forth a standard mileage rate.

2010

For 2010, the standard mileage rate deduction is as follows:

1. 50 cents per mile for business use of a vehicle;
2. 16.5 cents per mile for use of vehicle for medical or moving purposes; and
3. 14 cents per mile for use of a vehicle for service to charitable organizations.

For [...]

On November 30, 2009, the California Appellate Court in Barbosa v. Impo Technologies, Inc. ruled that a good faith complaint or inquiry about missing overtime can be a protected activity, and that firing an employee for making a good faith claim (even when a subsequent investigation shows he was wrong), constitutes wrongful termination. In Barbosa, [...]

Although the overwhelming majority of identity theft schemes involve personal identification, identity thieves are beginning to target businesses and organizations. Identity thieves have begun to realize that many small and medium sized businesses have credit lines, cash reserves, and extensive business relationships. More importantly, they have taken note that the authorities are less apt to fully investigate identity theft that involves a business as opposed to an individual.

One business to business fraud scheme used by identity theft thieves [...]

Tax Increases.
Most economists expect the top two individual income tax rates, currently set at 33% and 35%, to roll back to their 2000 levels of 36% and 39.6% at the end of 2010. I mention this first because for tax planning purposes it may be important to you. The top capital gains rate likely will also rise to 20% from [...]