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Labor/Employment,
Corporate

Jan. 7, 2020

Hot topic in startup law: employment misclassification

In some part, the investment and M&A markets factor in risks of employment law noncompliance into their valuation decisions, which allows startups to let those fires burn instead of putting them out. One such uncontrolled burn is employee misclassification.

Roger Royse

Founder
Royse Law Firm

149 Commonwealth Dr, Ste 1001
Menlo Park , California 94025

Phone: (650) 813-9700

Email: rroyse@rroyselaw.com

Roger works with companies ranging from newly formed tech startups to publicly traded multinationals in a variety of industries.

Startup entrepreneurs have a tough job. They are constantly putting out fires. Some fires they must let burn. For example, the typical startup might not be attentive to customer service since serving existing customers would mean they do not have time to acquire new customers. On the legal side, even large companies with full time HR departments are hard pressed to keep up with California's byzantine labor laws. If a well-funded company struggles with the laws, what c...

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