Posted: May 4th, 2018
Category: Announcements, Seminars & Training Services, Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation, employee, Employee Policies, Handbook, Forms, Employment Law, Wage information
Tags: California department of labor, California Employment Law, employee compensation, pasadena employment law attorney, salary rules and regulations, wage and hour laws
Learn California’s Specific Pay Stub Requirements to Avoid Penalties Attorneys for employees alleging underpayment or other wage irregularities will regularly add a pay stub violation claim to the mix. By definition, if an employer has erred in wage calculations, it has messed up the earnings statements. California law on the specific information that must be […]
Posted: January 24th, 2020
Category: employee, Employment Law, Uncategorized, Wage information
Tags: California department of labor, California employees, California Employment Law, california employment laws, california labor law, california labor laws, employer best practices, employment law, labor law, pasadena employment law attorney, paystubs, wage and hour laws
Read the Fine Print: Payroll Companies Not Responsible for Employer Compliance Many employers mistakenly presume they can depend on their payroll companies for legally compliant services. The fine print will almost certainly establish otherwise. Unfortunately, more than a few businesses have learned this lesson the hard way. It is common for payroll service providers to […]
Click here for our more recent article about Pay Stub Requirements (updated May 3, 2018). CALIFORNIA PAY STUB REQUIREMENTS Ignoring the Needed Details Poses Trap for Unwary Employers California employers must of course comply with all laws applicable to payment of minimum wage and overtime. See, for example: Be Prepared for Statewide and Local Minimum […]
Posted: May 18th, 2019
Category: employee, Employment Law, Sick Pay, Uncategorized, Wage information
Tags: California department of labor, California employees, California Employment Law, california employment laws, california labor law, california labor laws, employee lunch breaks, employer best practices, employment law, labor law, Overtime, overtime laws, salary rules and regulations, wage and hour laws, wage law, wage laws, workplace policies
Employers Must Heed Pay Stub Technicalities California employers must accurately list specific wage-related information on each worker’s pay stub per pay period, including but not limited to the company’s name and address, total hours worked, wage rate(s), gross and net wages earned, all deductions, and inclusive dates of the pay period. Seemingly, the easiest requirement […]
Posted: June 1st, 2018
Category: Announcements, Seminars & Training Services, employee, Employee Policies, Handbook, Forms, Employment Law, Wage information
Tags: California department of labor, California employees, California Employment Law, california labor law, employee compensation, employee policies, employer best practices, pasadena employment law attorney, salary rules and regulations, wage and hour laws, wage laws, workplace policies
Figuring Out the Final Paycheck When a worker’s employment ends, what should be included in a final paycheck is determined by California’s laws, the employer’s specific policies in place during the employment period, and the circumstances of the employment ending. When an employer terminates a worker without advance notice, all wages and earned but unused […]
Posted: July 6th, 2020
Category: employee, Employment Law, Uncategorized, Wage information
Tags: California department of labor, California employees, California Employment Law, california employment laws, california labor law, california labor laws, employer best practices, employment law, pasadena employment law attorney, wage and hour laws, wage law, wage laws, work rights, workplace policies
When Interstate Transport Workers are Entitled to California Paycheck Protections While each state has the power to set wage and other workplace standards for labor performed within its borders, that authority can blur when truckers and passenger carrier personnel divide their work time between the states. On several suits by pilots and flight attendants, the […]
Posted: May 22nd, 2020
Category: AB5, employee, Employee Policies, Handbook, Forms, Employee vs. Independent Contractor Status, Employment Law, Uncategorized
Tags: ab 5, abc test, California department of labor, California employees, California Employment Law, california employment laws, california labor law, california labor laws, employer best practices, independent contractor, labor law, new california labor laws, pasadena employment law attorney, workplace policies
California Wants Uber and Lyft Drivers as Employees It seemed like a good idea at the time: the rapid growth of Uber-style “gig economy” business models ostensibly offering a win-win of worker freedom and consumer convenience. Yet, California government came to another conception of such arrangements: presumed exploitation. Hence enter AB 5 and its hardball […]
Posted: April 5th, 2019
Category: employee, Employee Policies, Handbook, Forms, Employee vs. Independent Contractor Status, Employment Law, Rest and Recovery Breaks, Sick Pay, Termination, Discipline, Uncategorized, Wage information, Workplace Privacy, Health and Safety
Tags: At Will employment, California department of labor, California employees, California Employment Law, california employment laws, california labor law, california labor laws, employee agreements, employee discipline policies, employee lunch breaks, employee policies, employee termination, employer best practices, Employer Rights, Employment Agreements, employment law, hiring employees, labor law, laws for employees, new california labor laws, Overtime, overtime laws, overtime rules, pasadena employment law attorney, pregnancy disability leave, pregnancy leave, salary rules and regulations, sexual harassment, wage and hour laws, wage law, wage laws, work rights, workplace discrimination, workplace policies, wrongful termination
KNOCK, KNOCK When It’s Your Turn For a Government Payroll Audit For California, the Employment Development Department (EDD) is responsible for the administration of unemployment and disability insurance, workforce training services and payroll audits. The agency has the power to impose significant, potentially fatal penalties for non-compliance. An EDD visit to look over pay practices […]
Posted: February 22nd, 2019
Category: employee, Employment Law, Wage information
Tags: California department of labor, California employees, California Employment Law, california employment laws, california labor law, california labor laws, employee agreements, employee compensation, employee policies, employer best practices, employment law, hiring employees, labor law, new california labor laws, overtime laws, overtime rules, pasadena employment law attorney, salary rules and regulations, wage and hour laws, wage law, wage laws, work rights
In another rebuke to the construction industry, the Labor Commissioner has cited RDV Construction, a Los Angeles County subcontractor, $12 million for wage theft violations involving more than a thousand workers. The Carpenters Contractors Cooperation Committee, a non-profit labor-management organization, assisted in bringing those violations to light. RDV provided crews on 35 mixed-use, apartment, and […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2018
Category: Announcements, Seminars & Training Services, employee, Employee Policies, Handbook, Forms, Employment Law, Wage information
Tags: California department of labor, California employees, California Employment Law, employee compensation, employee policies, employer best practices, employment law, new california labor laws, pasadena employment law attorney, salary rules and regulations, wage and hour laws
Drywall Company Plastered With Nearly $2 Million in Citations The Labor Commissioner has again looked to the construction industry for its latest round of wage theft citations. A July 24, 2018 release announces that Fullerton Pacific Interiors, Inc. will have to pay over $1.9 million for underpaying several hundred workers over a nearly two-year period. […]
