Feb 12, 2020 | Business Operations
THIS YEAR is shaping up to see a number of states legalizing cannabis sales to some degree, either for medicinal use or recreational use. Marijuana Business Daily reported that the chances are good that at least eight states could either legalize marijuana for adult... 
Jan 9, 2020 | Business Operations
On New Year’s Day, 2020, state taxes on legal marijuana will increase both at the retail and wholesale levels, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration has announced. The marijuana mark-up rate from wholesale to retail has been set at 80% as of Jan. 1,... 
Jan 6, 2020 | Business Operations
EMPLOYEE THEFT and fraud is a perennial problem. One rogue employee can seriously damage the finances of a company. About a third of all business failures trace back to employee theft and crime, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Small and midsize... 
Jan 6, 2020 | Business Operations
STARTING JAN 1, 2020, employers can establish accounts for their employees to help them pay for individual health insurance policies they purchase, as well as for other health care expenses. A new regulation expands on how health reimbursement accounts can be used.... 
Jan 6, 2020 | Business Operations
One outgrowth of a new state law that applies more stringent criteria for what constitutes an independent contractor is that many employers are likely to see more audits and calls for additional premium from their workers’ compensation insurers. In fact, it’s already... 
Nov 21, 2019 | Business Operations, California Insurance
California law now mandates that employers with five or more employees must provide company-wide harassment prevention training. This mandate requires all businesses in California with 5 or more employees to provide sexual harassment training and education by January...