【法律】疫情期间，有哪些新法案影响到雇主的权利？ | 徐家镭劳工法律师事务所

徐家镭律师 2010年毕业於北加旧金山市区的UC HASTINGS 法学院  是加州公立UC的最早法学院学府 获得法学博士JD学位  

之后便在洛杉矶市亚太法律中心服务一年后便在   2011年於阿罕布拉市执业  共计服务南加大众已有十年时间  并成立几乎是圣盖伯谷区唯一的劳工法专门律师事务所

Topic 1:  新法限缩雇主使用独立合约人权力

The 2018 Dynamex CA Supreme Court case significantly limited employer ability to hire Independent Contractor and created ABC test:

A. Free from control and direction of the hirer

B. Not in the same course of trade

C. IC must have its own independent business

Must satisfy all three to become IC, or the worker must be an employees.  

January 1, 2020 AB5 exempt certain job from this law.

Top 2: 工伤 劳工案件 暴增 徐家镭律师帮助雇主寻求解决之道

疫情期间 美国失业救济金申请人口突破数百万人大关  在员工和中小企业都在经济大环境的不确定因素下徘徊旁徨 甚至不知何去何从中 工伤与劳工法律案件反而逆势暴增 近来因诸多原因没买工伤保险而面临诉讼的雇主也突然得面对突如其来的工伤诉讼压力  

徐家镭律师指出 一般公司和个人雇主经常误解以下三列雇员或合约人是否不用买劳工保险

第一  家庭看护  此类雇员或合约人在雇用时法律上往往必须视为员工而不是独立合约人  一般雇主或家庭只顾到薪资报酬却往往没有买工伤保险  看护凡从切菜受伤到扭到腰都可以提出工商赔偿

第二  临时工  Home Depot 或其他商场附近当场拉来的临时工  英文称之为 Day Labor 必须区分为员工而不是独立合约人 所以也要买工伤保险  如果未买  从手指受伤到跌伤砸伤雇主须负全部医药费和律师费

第三 拿现金的无身分移民  非法移民也许拿不到失业救济金  但是加州保障非法移民打劳工官司已经不是新闻  加州法律也完全保障非法移民申请工伤赔偿 切勿心存侥幸

依照加州法律  未保工伤保险的公司  无论是C Corp, S Corp, LLC 等都可直接追究雇主股东个人法律责任   诉讼无可避免

徐家镭律师事务所为华人社区雇主打造专门诉讼计画  如有任何工商未承保而已遭遇工商诉讼的中小企业或一般家庭  请来电谘询  (626) 600-1086  或电邮 labor@rayhsulaw.com

本律师事务所不受理员工工伤案件

Topic 3: COVID-19 new law

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. The Department of Labor’s (Department) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) administers and enforces the new law’s paid leave requirements. These provisions will apply from the effective date through December 31, 2020.

Generally, the Act provides that employees of covered employers are eligible for:

• Two weeks (up to 80 hours) of paid sick leave at the employee’s regular rate of pay where the employee is unable to work because the employee is quarantined (pursuant to Federal, State, or local government order or advice of a health care provider), and/or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and seeking a medical diagnosis; or

• Two weeks (up to 80 hours) of paid sick leave at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate of pay because the employee is unable to work because of a bona fide need to care for an individual subject to quarantine (pursuant to Federal, State, or local government order or advice of a health care provider), or to care for a child (under 18 years of age) whose school or child care provider is closed or unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19, and/or the employee is experiencing a substantially similar condition as specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and Labor; and

• Up to an additional 10 weeks of paid expanded family and medical leave at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate of pay where an employee, who has been employed for at least 30 calendar days, is unable to work due to a bona fide need for leave to care for a child whose school or child care provider is closed or unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19.

Covered Employers: The paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave provisions of the FFCRA apply to certain public employers, and private employers with fewer than 500 employees.

Small businesses with fewer than 50 employees may qualify for exemption from the requirement to provide leave due to school closings or child care unavailability if the leave requirements would jeopardize the viability of the business as a going concern.

Topic 4: 商家付不出店面租金怎麽解决? 徐家镭律师同时专精商业诉讼

疫情期间 美国各级政府又是推出纾困贷款又是订出新法终止房东在疫情期间法律驱逐商业店家和一般住宅住户

徐家镭律师指出 政府纾困贷款和终止驱逐法律对缴不起商业店租的店家其实缓不济急

第一  纾困贷款不是要偿还加利息 就是金额不够用 而且失业金给付过高  员工还不见得乐意回来上班

第二  终止驱逐店家法律只是暂时中止驱逐  疫情结束还是要偿还疫情期间租金  而且房东依然能够对金额赔偿先行提告

第三 商业租任合同都有夹带个人担保条款  一旦房东开始走法律途径 所有个人担保依然要原价赔偿

徐家镭律师针对现状提出其实商家有两种自救途径

第一种自救方式为重新阅读公司保险合约  和保险经纪讨论过去是否有买或承保  Business Interruption Insurance 商业中断保险  此保险专门保障因天灾等不可抗力因素而终止营运  可申请相当的赔偿

第二种就是最重要的法律自救方式  商业合同一般都附有不可抗力条款 Force Majeure Clause 在面临商业房东驱逐或索赔时  疫情期间是少数唯一能动用到此不可抗力条款的时候 .  Force Majeure 法文原意就是 Act of God 上帝的作为, 凡指天灾  超出人力所及之事 甚至是国家政府公敌之行为造成之事  商业合约的一方可依此提出不履行或无法履行的权益

因此 疫情期间面临商业房东驱逐或强逼赔偿租金的店家可考虑是否符合  “因疫情而缴不起租金的不可抗力条件”  并立刻寻求合作律师协助     

徐家镭律师事务所为华人社区商业店家打造专门诉讼计画  曾在橙县高等法院帮尔湾华人商业店主免除房东高达 $650,000.00不合理的店租和罚金  而且让商业房东倒赔上万律师费