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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California Can an employee work on a day and also claim sick leave hours on the same day? For example, he has already worked the 8 hours for today and got paid. Can he also use 8 hours of sick leave hours for today? Or sick leave hours can...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California Do sick leave hours count toward overtime? For example, an employee worked 6 hours today. And she has also taken 3 hours for sick leave during the day. Does the employer have to pay her 1 hour of overtime?

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California I am a small business owner in California. My business is in professional area. I am considering to offer an internship position. I would like to know the wage requirement for an internship position. Does it still have to be over the...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California We are looking to buy a property and we found one (on the internet) that we really like. We love the neighborhood too. But we could not get a chance to go inside to see the property because the selling agent did not return the phone...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA J-1 visa is given to either students or scholars. So how to make the determination whether someone came to the US on a J-1 visa is a student or a scholar? Example, Mr.A came to the US on a J-1 visa. He is mainly involved in research works as...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA I am a bookkeeper. I have a big client for whom I handle almost everything for him. Lately, I proposed to use online payment to pay the expenses for the seek of convenience. He really liked the idea and he authorized me to log into his bank...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA I am a bookkeeper. I have a big client for whom I handle almost everything for him. Lately, I proposed to use online payment to pay the expenses for the seek of convenience. He really liked the idea and he authorized me to log into his bank...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA Taxpayer live with her son in the US. Last year (2010) in November, she went back to her home country (in Asia) to marry the father of their son. (They were not married before). According to the Head of Household requirements, taxpayer is...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California I have bought my current home for about 15 years. Lately I found out my neighbor has been using a walkway on the side of my lot to walk his dog out from his backyard. I have no idea how long he has been doing that. I think he uses my...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA My friend replied to a mail promotion to refinance his mortgage. He called and gave the required information on phone. He has also gave his credit card number for the loan application fee. He received the application package in email and by...

What is the name of your state? California We rent two commercial offices next to each other. We plan to open a door to connect the two offices. But we were told that it might cause problem with the insurance claim in case there is a fire in the future. Can someone explain in more details what...

What is the name of your state? California We rent two commercial offices next to each other. We plan to open a door to connect the two offices. But we were told that it might cause problem with the insurance claim in case there is a fire in the future. Can someone explain in more details what...

What is the name of your state? California I have a question about how to calculate the NOL. Hope someone can help. Assume that a taxpayer chose to have all his NOLs carried forward. Suppose he has $10,000 NOL carryover from 2004. Then in 2005 the taxpayer had an overall loss again and he...

What is the name of your state? CA Father (1/3), mother (1/3) and son (1/3) are on the grant deed. Now the father and mother want the son to take the whole house. They file a quite claim deed. Obviously, both the father and mother have to sign the quitclaim deed as 'grantor'. Question: Is...

What is the name of your state? California I had an accident about 1 1/2 year ago and the premium jumped up like 3 times because of it. How long do I have to wait before the premium can possibly be reduced? My friend said she had similar situation and her rate was increased but then started...