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UNLICENSED HOME CARE ORGANIZATIONS RISK FINES AND CLOSURE BY STATE
California’s Home Care Organization Consumer Protection Act (the Act) required all home care agencies to be licensed before July 1, 2016. See Home Health Care Organizations Last Chance to Continue Operations After June 30, 2016 (June, 2016). If as a home care organization (HCO) you did not obtain a license by June 30, 2016 — […]
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
What to Do When There’s a Death in the Family On Monday morning, one of your two salespeople requests three days off to attend his grandmother’s funeral in Minnesota. On Thursday, the other salesperson requests five days off to attend the funeral of a loved one in Hawaii. Are you legally obligated to grant either […]
BULLETPROOFING LOS ANGELES’ PAID SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE?
City’s Enforcement Guidelines Attempt to Make Sense of the Confusion Beginning July 1, 2016, the City of Los Angeles’ (City’s) Minimum Wage Ordinance (MWO) imposes higher paid employee sick time benefits than the statewide level. For definitions of covered “Employers” and “Employees” and other details, see: City of Los Angeles New Paid Sick Leave Requirements […]
CHECKING WORKER IMMIGRATION STATUS
Employers Must Use New I-9 Form Starting January 21, 2017 Businesses nationwide will soon have an updated I-9 form to verify a new hire’s eligibility for employment. See: New Changes on Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9. The new form is in the final review stage. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget approved it in […]
CALIFORNIA PIECE RATE LAW: NO TIME TO RELAX ON REST-RECOVERY PREMIUM PAY
Employers Must Give Close Attention To the Required Special Pay Calculation California’s New Piece Rate Requirements: For many industries in California, paying employees on a piece rate system has been a long-time win-win for management and workers. Truckers earning by the miles driven, mechanics paid by a percentage of amounts charged to customers, and field […]
EMPLOYEE MEAL PERIODS AND REST BREAKS
California’s Basic Requirements for Daily R&R Except for salaried, legitimately exempt-from-overtime workers, California employers must provide each employee with certain numbers of unpaid meal periods and paid rest breaks depending on how many hours that employee works in a given day. Unpaid Meal Periods First Meal Period: Generally, employers may not employ a worker for […]
UNLAWFUL RETALIATION DEFINED
Federal Government Publishes Final Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation Claims Mary, an African-American employee, complained to her co-workers that her pay was lower than that of Caucasian employees doing similar work. Upon overhearing these conversations, Mary’s supervisor reprimanded her for “distracting” her co-workers with discussions about perceived pay discrimination. The supervisor may be surprised to learn […]
PUT A CORK IN IT
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 […]