徐家鐳律師 2010年畢業於北加舊金山市區的UC HASTINGS 法學院  是加州公立UC的最早法學院學府 獲得法學博士JD學位  

之後便在洛杉磯市亞太法律中心服務一年後便在   2011年於阿罕布拉市執業  共計服務南加大眾已有十年時間  並成立幾乎是聖蓋伯谷區唯一的勞工法專門律師事務所

Topic 1:  新法限縮雇主使用獨立合約人權力

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: 工傷 勞工案件 暴增 徐家鐳律師幫助雇主尋求解決之道

疫情期間 美國失業救濟金申請人口突破數百萬人大關  在員工和中小企業都在經濟大環境的不確定因素下徘徊徬徨 甚至不知何去何從中 工傷與勞工法律案件反而逆勢暴增 近來因諸多原因沒買工傷保險而面臨訴訟的雇主也突然得面對突如其來的工傷訴訟壓力  

徐家鐳律師指出 一般公司和個人雇主經常誤解以下三列雇員或合約人是否不用買勞工保險

第一  家庭看護  此類雇員或合約人在雇用時法律上往往必須視為員工而不是獨立合約人  一般雇主或家庭只顧到薪資報酬卻往往沒有買工傷保險  看護凡從切菜受傷到扭到腰都可以提出工商賠償

第二  臨時工  Home Depot 或其他商場附近當場拉來的臨時工  英文稱之為 Day Labor 必須區分為員工而不是獨立合約人 所以也要買工傷保險  如果未買  從手指受傷到跌傷砸傷雇主須負全部醫藥費和律師費

第三 拿現金的無身分移民  非法移民也許拿不到失業救濟金  但是加州保障非法移民打勞工官司已經不是新聞  加州法律也完全保障非法移民申請工傷賠償 切勿心存僥倖

依照加州法律  未保工傷保險的公司  無論是C Corp, S Corp, LLC 等都可直接追究雇主股東個人法律責任   訴訟無可避免

徐家鐳律師事務所為華人社區雇主打造專門訴訟計畫  如有任何工商未承保而已遭遇工商訴訟的中小企業或一般家庭  請來電諮詢  (626) 600-1086  或電郵 labor@rayhsulaw.com

本律師事務所不受理員工工傷案件

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麼解決? 徐家鐳律師同時專精商業訴訟

疫情期間 美國各級政府又是推出紓困貸款又是訂出新法終止房東在疫情期間法律驅逐商業店家和一般住宅住戶

徐家鐳律師指出 政府紓困貸款和終止驅逐法律對繳不起商業店租的店家其實緩不濟急

第一  紓困貸款不是要償還加利息 就是金額不夠用 而且失業金給付過高  員工還不見得樂意回來上班

第二  終止驅逐店家法律只是暫時中止驅逐  疫情結束還是要償還疫情期間租金  而且房東依然能夠對金額賠償先行提告

第三 商業租任合同都有夾帶個人擔保條款  一旦房東開始走法律途徑 所有個人擔保依然要原價賠償

徐家鐳律師針對現狀提出其實商家有兩種自救途徑

第一種自救方式為重新閱讀公司保險合約  和保險經紀討論過去是否有買或承保  Business Interruption Insurance 商業中斷保險  此保險專門保障因天災等不可抗力因素而終止營運  可申請相當的賠償

第二種就是最重要的法律自救方式  商業合同一般都附有不可抗力條款 Force Majeure Clause 在面臨商業房東驅逐或索賠時  疫情期間是少數唯一能動用到此不可抗力條款的時候 .  Force Majeure 法文原意就是 Act of God 上帝的作為, 凡指天災  超出人力所及之事 甚至是國家政府公敵之行為造成之事  商業合約的一方可依此提出不履行或無法履行的權益

因此 疫情期間面臨商業房東驅逐或強逼賠償租金的店家可考慮是否符合  “因疫情而繳不起租金的不可抗力條件”  並立刻尋求合作律師協助     

徐家鐳律師事務所為華人社區商業店家打造專門訴訟計畫  曾在橙縣高等法院幫爾灣華人商業店主免除房東高達 $650,000.00不合理的店租和罰金  而且讓商業房東倒賠上萬律師費