Posts Tagged ‘wage laws’
BRINKER CALIFORNIA’S MEAL BREAK BREAKTHROUGH
Employers are No Longer the Lunch Police In 2000, California enacted Labor Code 226.7, requiring employers to pay an employee an extra hour of compensation for “each work day that the [required] meal or rest period is not provided.” Fueled by that financial incentive, nearly overnight, and for the past 11 years, the vast majority […]
UNPAID INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS
When Employers Need to Pay Wages Hiring students for temporary unpaid internships, while feasible, is laden with potential legal pitfalls for the unwary and uninformed. See, e.g., “The Unpaid Intern, Legal or Not,” The New York Times, April 2, 2010. Employers must pay at least minimum wage to any worker who provides any labor and […]
WHEN EXTRA HOURS ARE NOT OVERTIME
Same-Week Makeup Time in California California is one of a minority of states that requires higher pay for daily overtime, after eight hours of labor. This could discourage companies from permitting employees to make up time taken for important engagements by adding hours onto another day’s work. However, following certain guidelines will permit a worker […]