California - Healthy Workplace Healthy Family Act of 2014 (AB 1522)

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL EMPLOYERS

Earlier this year, the California Legislature passed the Healthy Workplace, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (“HFA”) which requires all employers with employees within the State of California, regardless of size, to provide paid sick leave to employees.

Starting January 1, 2015, employers must display a poster created by the Labor Commissioner informing employees of their rights under the HFA.

California—Income Tax: FTB Warns Taxpayers of New Scams

The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) reminds income taxpayers to be wary of theft ploys involving scammers attempting to mimic the FTB to obtain access to personal information. The FTB has heard from taxpayers who received phone calls from scammers impersonating the Internal Revenue Service, telling the individuals that they owed taxes, and that if the taxes were not paid they would be arrested. These taxpayers were also told that the state of California would do the same.