The Arcata Community Pool, located next to Arcata High School in Humboldt County, is operated by the Arcata Parks and Recreation District. The Pool offers numerous instructional and exercise options, including swim lessons, kayak instruction, lap swimming, water exercise programs, youth parties (with the option of the water slide), and lifeguard certification. The facilities include a hot tub, sauna, and exercise room.
The District Board, which includes Janssen Malloy LLP partner Michael Morrison, meets monthly and invites public input at its meeting.
For more information and hours of operation, check out arcatapool.com.
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The Applicable Federal Rate (AFR) is a rate published monthly by the IRS for federal income tax purposes.
The IRS will treat any “loan” with a below market interest rate (below the AFR) as a gift of the foregone interest from the lender to the borrower. The amount of the foregone interest will be treated as though it was transferred from the lender to the borrower as a gift and retransferred from the borrower to lender as income on the last day of the calendar year.
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Governor Brown recently signed SB 459, employment-related legislation aimed at that ever-complicated pas de deux: employee versus independent contractor classification. Under the new law, there are serious consequences for any employer who willfully misclassifies an employee as an independent contractor, as well as any person advising an employer that the employee can be classified as an independent contractor. There are also civil penalties beginning at $15,000, as well as additional civil damages, reports to the State Contractor’s Licensing Board for contractor employers, and posting (a lá “The Scarlet Letter”) of the employer’s violation in a public area or employer’s website for one year if the employer is found to be in violation.
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At the turn of the new year, many laws approved by the California legislature during 2011 went into effect. One such law is AB 361, which created the benefit corporation, a business entity new to California. Beginning January 1, 2012, new entities may adopt this form, and existing corporations may convert to benefit corporations with a two-thirds shareholder approval vote.
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AB 469, signed by Governor Brown and effective January 1, 2012, adds some expensive teeth to the enforcement of the Labor Code by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE). Among the many changes harkened by AB 469, the Labor Code has now been amended to make the willful violation of specified wage statutes or orders a misdemeanor. Additionally, the law is amended to expand from one year to three years the time in which the DLSE may collect statutory penalties or fees.
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For most people injured in a motor vehicle collision, their first thought is not “I better engage the medical payments provision of my auto liability policy.” Many Humboldt County drivers are either unaware of their own medical payments coverage (“med pay”) in their auto policies, or unfamiliar with how to invoke it and what it covers.
Med pay is coverage under a driver’s auto liability policy which pays for medical expenses incurred as a result of an injury sustained in a motor vehicle collision. It is a separate category of coverage under a driver’s automobile liability policy, and should not be confused with a person’s health insurance coverage (which might be through a person’s employment).
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In the December 2011 edition of Verdict Search California Patrik Greigo’s and Michael Morrison’s (of Janssen Malloy LLP) recent jury verdict against the County of Humboldt is listed as the publication’s single selection for noteworthy cases in Humboldt County.
Read the report here: Esquivel v. County of Humboldt jury verdict.
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Arguments are soon to be heard regarding a preliminary injunction in a case that may have profound effects on how nursing home care is delivered to the poor in Humboldt County and across the state.
To help deal with California’s budget crisis, this year’s California budget included a 10% reduction in Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for freestanding skilled nursing facilities and other healthcare providers (AB 97). This 10% cut is scheduled to go into effect retroactively to June 1, 2011. That cut was recently approved by the Obama administration. The State has agreed that, on December 31, 2012, it will reimburse medical providers for the 10% that is held back, provided it has the money.
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As we enter the holiday season, Janssen Malloy LLP encourages all to take a moment to reflect on your good fortune, and to give some attention to those less fortunate. In Humboldt County many worthy groups work to help the hungry and homeless, but we ask consideration of two of those that we support — Food for People and Betty Chin’s Blue Angels.
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California employers have new notice requirements beginning January 1, 2012. AB 469 goes into effect on January 1, 2012, and as a result, private employers in California must provide written notice to non-exempt new hires of the following: (1) rate(s) of pay, (2) meal or lodging allowances claimed as part of the minimum wage, (3) the regular payday(s), (4) the name(s) of the employer, including any “doing business as” names, (5) the employer’s physical address or principal place of business, and a mailing address if different, (6) the employer’s telephone number(s), (7) the name, address and telephone number of the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier, and finally (8) “Any other information the Labor Commissioner deems material and necessary.” With certain exceptions, employers must also give written notice to employees within seven days if any of the above information should change during the course of employment. The Legislature directed the Labor Commissioner to prepare a template for employers to use that complies with the notice requirements, but the better practice is to provide the information in writing to new hires even if the Labor Commissioner’s template is not yet available.
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