Covering the week’s most noteworthy business news impacting the Filipino-American and Global Filipino community.
THE answer is coldly and astoundingly, yes. All California employers must provide Workers’ Compensation benefits to their employees under California Labor Code Section 3700. If a business employs one or more employees, it must satisfy the requirement of the law. First, what is workers compensation insurance? As the term implies, it’s a compensation plan for…
Q: I’m an account executive at a real estate company. I enjoy the work and I’m good at it. But I started having problems when I went on maternity leave, when my boss gave the majority of my best accounts to male colleagues on my team. I didn’t get them back when I returned to…
WHAT are the things that you should not do before you file for bankruptcy? First on the list of things not to do is do not hide assets. Concealing assets What does not hiding assets mean? Let’s give an example. You own a house with a fair market value of $1.0M in Los Angeles. You…
Olivia Quido-Co, CEO and founder of the Los Angeles-based O Skin Med Spa did not actually dream to become where she is right now. As a young teen growing up in Manila, all she wanted was to have great skin. “I used to have a lot of pimples, grabe. I didn’t know how to fix…
AS Mon Cargo Services Incorporated celebrates another year of success, its management and staff would first like to thank its valued customers for being an essential part of the company’s achievements as it marks its 36th year of offering unparalleled service to the Northern California region. At Mon Cargo, one of the main factors to…
Most people are unaware that credit card companies will negotiate with you if they believe that it is in their best interest to do so. Many times, you can negotiate a reduction of your interest rate, elimination of late charges and annual membership fees. If you are delinquent in payments, they may even agree to…
After a successful holding of the Franchise Asia Philippines 2022 Virtual Conference last September, the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA) is bringing back Franchise Asia Philippines Expo to SMX Convention Center-Manila on October 14 to 16, 2022. This will be the first time since 2019 when Asia’s biggest franchise show will be held physically. “Because of…
MANILA – The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines, the marketing and promotions arm of the Department of Tourism (DOT), announces that Ms. Maria Margarita Montemayor Nograles has officially assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer on Tuesday, October 4. Nograles was appointed member of the TPB Board of Directors in an appointment letter issued by…
FILIPINO home care workers are among those who have been improperly misclassified and subjected to wage theft violations, according to a citation issued by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office. Two Long Beach-based companies have been cited for improperly misclassifying 66 home health care workers as independent contractors and must pay more than $1.8 million for…
Q: I was petitioned by my current employer to work in a residential care facility in the U.S. While I worked 6 days a week, and often on a 10-12 hour shift each day, my employer did not pay overtime. When I asked for additional payment, my boss said that I should be thankful that…
IF the divorcing parties are both reasonable in their expectations in resolving their family law case and if they don’t think involving lawyers in their divorce case early on would be an efficient and cost effective way of going about their divorce process, then perhaps mediation is the way to go. It can be a more…
We’re now 3 years into the pandemic which started in 2019. The very sad American tragedy of more than 1.0M Covid deaths In America, we have the great tragedy of having more than 1.0M Americans who died from Covid. Even with the new bivalent booster which specifically protects against Omicron and its subvariants and the…
CHICAGO – Everyone remembers their first Happy Meal® as a kid… and the can’t-sit-still feeling as you dug in to see what was inside. That little red box could turn a regular Tuesday into the best. day. ever. And now, we’re reimagining that experience in a whole new way – this time, for adults. Introducing:…
Facing difficult financial times can be a frightening thing for a lot of people. When bill collectors are hounding you, at some point, you realize that something must be done but you just don’t know where to begin or where to go for help. Often, options can also be confusing unless you get the right…
Small business entrepreneurs in California have new access to billions of dollars’ worth of funding to be offered with an explicit eye toward reaching communities too often shortchanged by the financial sector in the past. At a press conference Sept. 20, the U.S. Treasury Department announced having approved California’s application for $1.18 billion of loan guarantees and…
WHAT are friends for? Friends, of course, like to help each other. But to what extent and what favors can you ask from a friend? The client’s friend wanted to set up a restaurant. The friend was a chef who had just graduated from culinary school. His idea was to serve street food from his…
THE North Las Vegas Planning Commission recently approved Station Casinos’ plans to build a 67-acre hotel-casino at the northwest corner of Losee Road and the 215 Beltway, it was recently reported in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.This project, according to the report, will be built in two phases. When completed, it will feature 600 hotel rooms,…
ON the evening of Oct. 28 (U.S.) and morning of Oct. 29 (Philippines), Dr. Jun David, President of the UP Alumni Association in America, Mr. Bob Reyes, President of its first chapter, the UPAA in Arizona, and Dr. Lillian Aquino, President of the UPMASA Arizona Chapter are pleased to invite you to the Mini-Conference on the Filipino with the theme “The Incredible Changes of the 2020s. Helping the Filipino Thrive.” It is…
20Young people, minorities among those reporting the biggest losses The promise of hefty returns is what initially drew Jeffrey Vaulx, a second-grade special ed teacher in Memphis, Tennessee to go in on a cryptocurrency investment opportunity introduced to him by a Facebook friend. Vaulx would soon discover that he had been taken by a scheme…
Q: I was injured in a recent car accident while returning to work on an errand. I had to undergo multiple surgeries. I missed several weeks of work and will need more time off for treatments. I am afraid to tell my employer about my need for more time off because I might be fired….
When your financial circumstances are forcing you to declare bankruptcy, bankruptcy can be one way of dealing with debts that you can no longer manage on your own. Of course, the decision should not be taken lightly, and it is best to consult with an experienced bankruptcy attorney to see if it is best for…
Couples get divorced for various reasons. California is a no fault state. The reasons why a couple is getting divorced are often irrelevant to the issues of the family law case. Divorce is often a difficult and negative experience for most families. However, getting divorce may have some unintended benefits in the immigration law arena. …
Dear Attorney Tan, I was driving home and was at a complete stop when another driver rear ended my car. I was not feeling well after the accident, as my back seemed very tight and stiff. I took some days off from work. After a week, I contacted the other driver’s insurance to report the…
18IT was 9 p.m. at night. Client had just finished his “hot pot” dinner at a famous restaurant and was on his way home. Home was only 10 minutes away. He had lived in this neighborhood for 30 years and was familiar with all the streets. This time he decided to make a right turn…
SAN FRANCISCO – Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Ferrer on Wednesday, August 31 witnessed the virtual signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between San Francisco-based Filipino American venture Dynamico Space and Philippine startup incubator StartUp Village, to promote Philippine startup companies in Silicon Valley. Dynamico Space CEO JR Calanoc and StartUp Village…
Debt is a common problem that a lot of people struggle with and many people want to know how they can become debt-free. Of course, in today’s society, you can’t afford to spend cash on everything and sometimes you have to use a credit card or get a loan. The problem is that when those…
THE client is 67. Her husband passed away five years ago after a long fight with kidney failure. He was on dialysis for eight years waiting for a kidney transplant. It’s a long wait to get new kidneys from a donor. The average waiting period is 10 years. However, just because it’s been 10 years…
How whistleblower laws protect them Denise Bertone worked as a coroner investigator for the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner (DMEC). For most of her 25-year tenure, she was the expert pediatric coroner investigator for most child deaths. In 2013, a disabled child was found nearly drowned in a washing machine and was comatose. …
Close to 15% of job openings that employ immigrant or foreign-born workers in the U.S. are still vacant, while the legal immigration system is in dire straits. From meat packing to home building to STEM professionals to nurses, the post-pandemic economy is reeling from a labor force decimated by restrictive immigration policies, which worsened under…
SEATTLE – Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer participated in the 2022 International Trade and Business Development Bi-Annual Conference titled, “Convergence – Technology, Convenience, Sustainability,” organized by the Federation of Philippine American Chambers of Commerce on August 18-20. In his remarks, Consul General Ferrer presented promising developments in the Philippines as well as opportunities for Philippine-U.S….
