Audet & Partners, LLP reports that Gov. Jerry Brown of California has signed into law Assembly Bill 1897 that now makes most companies with 25 or more employees strictly liable for specific violations related to compensation, workers' compensation, and occupational health and safety mandates that impact contractors. The new California law, to become effective on January 1, 2015,  protects contractors by imposing statutory liability on companies in the following general areas: • Payment of wages to the contractor's employees; • A contractor's failure... Read More