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Curbing Personal Cell Phone Use In The Workplace While cell phones can speed work-related communications when employees are out of the office, workers’ personal use of their mobile devices while on-the-clock has become the top “productivity killer” for business. According to a June 9, 2016 Career Builder survey, eight out of ten workers have smartphones […]
LOS ANGELES MOVES TO ENFORCE CITY MINIMUM WAGE ORDINANCE
Required Forms Now Available Beginning July 1, 2016, the City of Los Angeles’s Minimum Wage Ordinance (MWO) imposes higher hourly minimums than the statewide level. The City will enforce the MWO through the Office of Wage Standards (OWS) via Rules and Regulations published July 22, 2016. The Rules and Regulations contain many key points, including: […]
THE ANNALS OF COPYRIGHT NO. 8
KEEP YOUR CREATIONS Register Your Valuable Promotional Material with the Copyright Office Promotion and advertising are important parts of the budget of any business, whether for-profit or non-profit. In order to bring in customers, clients, and donors, it is imperative to create and hone your promotional efforts for your target public. Most large companies with […]
STRIKE A BLOW FOR EMPLOYERS
California Expands the Exception to Listing “Hours Worked” on Pay Stubs California Labor Code Section 226 requires employers to provide workers with strictly defined statements (i.e. pay stubs) either semimonthly or with each paycheck. See, California’s Itemized Pay Stub Requirements, Ignoring the Needed Details Poses Trap for Unwary Employers (March, 2016). While section 226 generally […]
WAGE DEDUCTIONS
When California Employers May Subtract from Earned Compensation Employers sometimes wish to make deductions from an employee’s wages for a variety of reasons. Doing so without knowing what the law permits can be a mistake, as California has stringent laws on what deductions are allowed. As a general principle, employers may make deductions from wages […]
SANTA MONICA RIDES THE SICK PAY WAVE
BUSINESSES MUST COMPLY STARTING JANUARY 1, 2017 The City of Santa Monica (City) has enacted a city-wide paid sick leave and minimum wage ordinance (Ordinance No. 2515). See, our blog “City of Santa Monica Increasing Minimum Wage Annually from 2016 to 2020” (May, 2016) Effective January 1, 2017, Ordinance No. 2515 requires all employers, no […]
WAGE CALCULATION 101
A Guideline for Proper Time Rounding Policies under California and Federal Law Employees often clock in and out a few minutes early or late at beginning and end of day or for meal breaks. Is an employer required to calculate all those extra or short minutes in determining an employee’s wages? Fortunately, the answer is […]
SAN DIEGO PAID SICK LEAVE REQUIREMENTS, EFFECTIVE JULY 11 AND SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
Employers Must Cough Up at Least Five Days of Benefits As previously announced in Sick Pay Ordinance Epidemic Spreads to San Diego, New Measure Adds Yet More Uncertainty to Employer Obligations (June, 2016), San Diego voters recently enacted city-wide paid sick leave and minimum wage ordinance (Ordinance No. 20390). See our blog Rising Minimum Wages, […]
NAVIGATING PIECE WORK PAY CALIFORNIA
Employers Urgently Must Revise Wage Systems in 2016, Including Possible Hourly-Plus-Piece Hybrid Plan The one constant feature of California employment law is change. There is perhaps no better recent example than this state’s “piece work” compensation rules. Starting January, 2016, employers must fundamentally re-structure such pay systems or face increasing risk of legal claims, including […]
RISING MINIMUM WAGES – THE CALIFORNIA TREND CONTINUES
San Diego Approves Its First Gradual Increase, Effective July 11, 2016 Effective July 11, 2016, San Diego became the next California city to set a minimum wage level above the state’s standard. Under San Diego’s Ordinance No. 20390, all employers, regardless of size or location, must pay at least $10.50 per hour to any employee […]