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By Robert Nix 01 Aug, 2018
On September 12, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law California's Assembly
Bill 1066, also known as the Phase-In Overtime for Agricultural Workers Act of 2016.
This bill allows farmworkers in California to ultimately qualify for overtime pay after
working 8 hours in a single day or 40 hours in a workweek. Prior to the passage of AB
1066, farmworkers were only eligible for overtime pay after working 10 hours or 60
hours in a workweek.

The bill will decrease the current 10 hour daily overtime threshold over four 30-minute
steps annually and decrease the current 60 hour weekly overtime threshold over four 5-
hour steps annually. The phase-in begins in 2019 and continues through 2022, as
follows:

Overtime Eligibility Phase-In for Agricultural Workers under AB 1066

2019           2020             2021          2022   
9.5 Hours/Day     9 Hours/Day       8.5 Hours/Day     8 Hours/Day
55 Hours/Week      50 Hours/Week     45 Hours/Week      40 Hours/Week
You can see the factsheet for the bill here:
www.ufw.org/pdf/AB1066FarmworkerOTFactSheetFINAL.pdf
By Robert Nix, Paralegal 02 Jul, 2018
In an order significant to most social media companies, the California Supreme Court ruled that Facebook and other social media companies must release information that users make or have at any time made public pursuant to a valid subpoena.
By Robert Nix, Paralegal 05 Jun, 2018
The difference between an employee and an independent contractor may never be the same after the California Supreme Court expanded the definition of employee to include workers who had been previously been treated as independent contractors.
By Blogger of Choice 21 Feb, 2018

An increasing number of people are turning to the internet for all sorts of advice. Fashion advice. Medical advice. Marriage advice.

Here are Houk & Hornburg Inc., we certainly won’t dissuade you from getting fashion advice online, but we strongly recommend that you don’t turn to Google for legal advice. Because it could end up costing you a whole lot more than you expected.
By Blogger of Choice 21 Feb, 2018

No one really wants to talk about their last will and testament, but this is one legal issue you don’t want to leave unattended. After all, it could lead to a major rift in your family, one which you are not around to mend.

The importance of having a very clear will and testament takes on even greater magnitude if you have children from more than one marriage, if you have adopted children, and if you don’t have any children at all. Getting expert advice can save your loved ones heartache and grief at a time when they really need to focus on grieving and recovery.
By Robert Nix 01 Aug, 2018
On September 12, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law California's Assembly
Bill 1066, also known as the Phase-In Overtime for Agricultural Workers Act of 2016.
This bill allows farmworkers in California to ultimately qualify for overtime pay after
working 8 hours in a single day or 40 hours in a workweek. Prior to the passage of AB
1066, farmworkers were only eligible for overtime pay after working 10 hours or 60
hours in a workweek.

The bill will decrease the current 10 hour daily overtime threshold over four 30-minute
steps annually and decrease the current 60 hour weekly overtime threshold over four 5-
hour steps annually. The phase-in begins in 2019 and continues through 2022, as
follows:

Overtime Eligibility Phase-In for Agricultural Workers under AB 1066

2019           2020             2021          2022   
9.5 Hours/Day     9 Hours/Day       8.5 Hours/Day     8 Hours/Day
55 Hours/Week      50 Hours/Week     45 Hours/Week      40 Hours/Week
You can see the factsheet for the bill here:
www.ufw.org/pdf/AB1066FarmworkerOTFactSheetFINAL.pdf
By Robert Nix, Paralegal 02 Jul, 2018
In an order significant to most social media companies, the California Supreme Court ruled that Facebook and other social media companies must release information that users make or have at any time made public pursuant to a valid subpoena.
By Robert Nix, Paralegal 05 Jun, 2018
The difference between an employee and an independent contractor may never be the same after the California Supreme Court expanded the definition of employee to include workers who had been previously been treated as independent contractors.
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