Posts Tagged ‘california labor law’
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NO LIE
New Federal Workplace Poster Requirements For Minimum Wage and Polygraph Protections, Effective August 1, 2016 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has revised the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Minimum Wage poster and the Employee Polygraph Protections Act (EPPA) poster. Starting August 1, 2016, U.S. employers must post these revised versions: 1. FLSA Minimum […]
CITY OF LOS ANGELES CASTS LIGHT ON ITS NEW MINIMUM WAGE AND PAID SICK LEAVE ORDINANCES
As we have reported, all businesses with employees working within the geographic boundaries of the City of Los Angeles (City) are potentially subject to its new minimum wage and paid sick leave rules: Ordinance No. 184320 and Ordinance No. 184319 (Work Ordinances). See, e.g., Latest Minimum Wage Increases for California Cities, City of Los Angeles […]