1. Limitations on employee credit checks. California employers have long enjoyed the right to conduct background checks that involved reviewing applicants’ credit reports before extending job offers. This practice, as of January 1, 2012, will cease to be — without very specific conditions. This is because a new law has been enacted to prevent the exclusion of applicants based on […]
In the United States, there are millions of women and moms who want to go back to school and have only one question on their mind and that is if it is feasible. Many women wonder precisely how they can go back to college, many are stay-at-home moms, single moms, or single women. Read on, there is a way to […]
Children with special needs have experienced more frustration and academic failure than most other children. However, some of them become successful college students who graduate with a major in a chosen field. Unfortunately, most do not. Only about 57 percent of students with disabilities graduate from high school, and only 10 to 15 percent of those who graduate go on […]
Many of us put in our 40 or so hours of work each week. Do we stop to think what would happen if we had an accident at work? Many of our jobs don’t require physical stamina, but mishaps can still happen. Knowing what workers’ compensation rights are before they are needed will benefit both the employer and the employee. […]
Watching the commercials on television late at night can be a great education for the estate planning attorney. It seems that every channel has a pre-packaged or “canned” mailer of legal documents to “save you the costs of hiring a high-priced attorney”: “Save thousands of dollars with our easy-to-complete form.” (insert type of document: wills, trusts, powers of attorney, deeds, […]
Academically, professionally, and personally, I have spent the last twenty years studying marriage and divorce. Today, I teach mediation, divorce mediation, and provide document preparation services. Almost all of my clients have chosen to get divorced without attorneys (without representation) and come to us before any paperwork has been filed with the court. It seems that my practice and business […]
Small business owners have many intangible assets: photographs, website copy, sales brochures, etc. All of these are considered “intellectual property”: you own the copyright to anything your company creates for itself. But what happens when you hire someone from outside the company to create something for you, like sales copy or web design? Who owns that? What if you discover […]
Many students consider student papers to be the basis for financing their time in college. The number of potential jobs is very varied, as this article demonstrates. Wherever you are in the world, going to college is likely to be an expensive affair. Even if you get grants or loans from government agencies, there is almost always some kind of […]
I have sold shipping containers for several years and I sell them because I like them. I like the recycling aspect, I like the subsidized cost of them, subsidized because of the large number of containers that are needed in the shipping industry. And I like the modern shape of the symmetrical cube, a container house can be a beautiful […]
Introduction: For those of us who intend to start an exercise regimen, it’s important to understand that any successful program has two essential components: cardiovascular training, also called “cardio,” and strength training, also called “weight training.” For cardio, exercise that raises your heart rate and keeps it in a particular “zone” is the most effective type. For strength training to […]
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