by Nikki Semanchik | Nov 12, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel
Do California Companies Need to Pay Their Interns? Every year, thousands of small businesses in San Diego and throughout California welcome new groups of interns into the fold. If your company has been considering taking on some interns of your own, you may be...
by Nikki Semanchik | Nov 4, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel
If you are a business owner, you should have a harassment policy in place to protect yourself and your business. Federal and state law make sexual harassment illegal in California (see here). Semanchik Law Group will take you through the basics of what to be...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jul 12, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel
The Importance Of Privacy Policies When starting a new online business, you are much more likely to focus on building relationships with vendors and hiring employees than creating a privacy policy. “Nobody ever reads them anyway,” you might think. In...
by Nikki Semanchik | May 8, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel
Success in the world of business is rarely easy to accomplish. Many small businesses simply break even each year while others end up closing their doors altogether. Luckily though, there are some steps that you can take to maximize your chances of finding sustained...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jan 3, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel, Nonprofit Law
As the year wound down and we brought 2018 to a close, your nonprofit may receive requests for W-9 forms from companies you’ve done business with over the course of the year. You may think of a W-9 as a form that only applies to independent contractors (and, for the...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jan 2, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel
If you work for someone else, your employer handles your tax withholdings for you. That’s not the case when you work for yourself, though: you are still responsible for paying those taxes, but the responsibility for withholding falls to you. In the state of...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jul 12, 2018 | Business Law, General Counsel, Nonprofit Law
In the Spring of 2018, the California Supreme Court handed down a major change regarding how employers classify a California independent contractor. This new ruling has left many California business owners wondering, “What do we do now?” This sentiment will likely...
