What Employers Should Know About Extreme Heat in California
Cal/OSHA requires water, shade, cool-down rest, training and a written plan for outdoor work, and a 2024 standard adds indoor heat rules. Here is what employers must do.
Fight for Your Startup Stock: Protecting Founder Equity
What happens to your unvested founder stock if you are pushed out? How vesting, repurchase and acceleration work, and when California law may help.
Severance Agreement Terms in California: What to Know Before You Sign
A severance agreement trades a release of claims for pay or benefits you are not already owed. Here are the California terms to check before you sign, including what the law will not let an employer take.
How to File a California Wage Claim: Step-by-Step Guide
Owed wages after leaving a job? Learn California final pay rules, waiting time penalties, deadlines and how to file a wage claim with the Labor Commissioner.
Building the Next Billion-Dollar Unicorn: Legal First Steps for Founders
No legal structure makes a company a unicorn, but the wrong one can slow it down. Here are the business and legal first steps founders should take before raising venture capital.
Choosing the Right Startup Advisors and Advisor Equity
How to choose the right startup advisors, how much equity to offer, how to structure vesting and grants, and why every advisor needs a written agreement.
