Beginning January 1, 2015, California’s new paid sick leave law takes effect. This new law mandates that California employers must allow its employees to accrue and use paid sick time. However, while this new paid sick leave law aims to benefit employees and is seemingly a leap forward...
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In California, employers are required to have workers’ compensation insurance to cover employee injuries, also called industrial injuries. How can an employer or employee identify when an industrial injury has occurred through occupational labor? Sometimes it is easy to identify an...
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The divorce process is hard, especially when you are not in the legal field and when the emotions are intense. When your spouse is in the military, do different rules apply? How do you and your children obtain support while your spouse is away on active duty or in an unknown location? Those are som...
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The primary causes of divorce, which are likely very similar across countries and cultures, are finances, lack of communication, and trust. In general, no matter how much money one earns, arguments about finances are a huge reason for eventual divorce. This plays an even bigger role in international divo...
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With the trend to facilitate interactions under the concept of a global village, the relationship between people from different countries is closer than ever before. As such, international marriage has become quite common across the globe. However, because of the disparity of cultures, some conflicts may...
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