Archive for the ‘Employment Law’ Category
IT’S ALL RELATIVE
Employees with Disabled Family Members Are Protected from “Associational” Discrimination For some 15 years, Luis Castro-Ramirez was the only family member qualified to administer daily dialysis treatments to his ailing son. When Dependable Highway Express, Inc. (DHE) hired Castro-Ramirez in December 2009, his supervisors accommodated his request for morning shifts so that he would arrive […]
EMPLOYER DUE DILIGENCE REQUIRED TO LOCATE FORMER WORKERS UNDER CALIFORNIA’S PIECE WORK SAFE HARBOR
All Steps Must Be Taken by December 15, 2016 In the few weeks remaining before the mid-December 2016 deadline, thousands of California businesses must complete all required steps to accomplish “safe harbor” protection from potentially significant piece rate back pay liabilities. Specified in Labor Code 226.2(b), These actions include: (1) accurate calculation of the safe […]
NEW CALIFORNIA OVERTIME REQUIREMENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYERS
Phase-In of Stricter Rules Begins January 1, 2017 Agricultural employers in California must prepare to overhaul their compensation schemes under the Phase-In Overtime for Agricultural Workers Act of 2016 (Act), a new law signed by the Governor on September 12, 2016. The Act affects all persons “employed in an agricultural occupation” (essentially field workers), lowering […]
THE END IS NIGH
••• California’s Piece Work Employers Must Convey All Back Payments and Statements by December 15, 2016 ••• There is No Provision for Extensions For thousands of California employers who have compensated workers on a piece rate basis over the years, December 15, 2016 is a critical deadline for delivering the required back payments and accompanying […]
COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROFESSIONAL OVERTIME EXEMPTION REQUIREMENT
California Labor Code section 515.5 exempts certain computer software professionals from overtime compensation who receive specified minimum compensation. California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has announced its rate increase for this minimum, effective January 1, 2017. To comply with the section 515.5 exemptions, California employers must pay otherwise qualified computer software employees a minimum hourly […]
NEW MINIMUM SALARY LEVELS COMING FOR TOP-FLOOR EXECUTIVES
Federal Increase Due December 1, 2016 To Qualify Exempt-from-Overtime Employees Effective December 1, 2016, the Federal Overtime Exemption Rule, “the Final Rule,” will raise the minimum salary amounts for certain workers to qualify for overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). See New Stricter Federal Requirements on Exemptions from Overtime, Employers Must Comply […]
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 […]