Posts Tagged ‘wage and hour laws’
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Nine California Municipalities are Increasing Minimum Wage on July 1, 2017 As relayed in our December, 2016 blog Hot Off the Presses, no less than 23 local governments are now requiring minimum wage levels higher than the California standard. Nine municipalities are raising their rates effective July 1, 2017, with larger Emeryville employers the hardest hit. […]
A SUPER-SIZED MCDONALD’S OVERTIME CLASS ACTION RULING
Company Loses by Management Inattention to California Compliant Pay Policies and Practices A Los Angeles superior court judge has ruled McDonald’s in violation of California’s daily overtime laws in 119 restaurants. Maria Sanchez v. McDonald’s Restaurants of California, Inc., L.A. County Superior Court No. BC499888, April 20, 2017 order. The decision is a lesson in […]
GOVERNMENTAL MICROMANAGEMENT IN SAN JOSE
New “Opportunity to Work” Ordinance Effective March 13, 2017, the City of San Jose’s Opportunity to Work Ordinance requires employers with 36 or more employees to offer additional work hours to existing, qualified part-time employees before hiring new employees, including subcontractors and use of temporary staffing services. The ordinance does not cover employees that are […]
HOT OFF THE PRESSES
Minimum Wage Rates List Updated for 2017 California’s local minimum wage ordinances continue to spread like wildfire. Since publishing our Minimum Wage Rates For 2017 article two weeks ago (December 16, 2016), the City of San Leandro enacted their own minimum wage rates and regulations. This updated 2017 list includes San Leandro’s ordinance as […]
CALIFORNIA INCREASES MINIMUM WAGE RATES FOR 2017
California minimum wage will increase to $10.50 per hour on January 1, 2017 for employers with 26 or more employees (smaller employers will continue to pay $10.00 per hour until January 1, 2018) then increase each year until reaching $15 per hour in 2022. See California’s Gradual Increases in Minimum Wage, to Reach $15.00 Per […]
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE REQUIRED FOR SAN FRANCISCO EMPLOYERS
Groundbreaking Law Creates Paid Time Off for Baby Bonding As part of their ongoing efforts to establish family-friendly workplaces, the City and County of San Francisco are now the first municipalities in the U.S. to require employers to pay for parental leave. The San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Ordinance and its amendment (together, PPLO), starting […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]