The latest litigation trends, court decisions, & issues on California employment law
Perhaps one of the most misunderstood and improperly applied issues in California is how to treat commissioned sales people. Here are some of the most common mistakes I’ve encountered that can create substantial liability for employers.
Mistake: Treating all commissioned sales people as exempt employees (i.e. paying them a straight salary).
Usually there are two exemptions…
Below is my Slideshare.net slide show on my previous post about the top 10 stupidest ideas California employers could have:
Just to brag a bit, the slide show was featured on Slideshare’s home page for
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Lorraine Henderson, the director of the Port of Boston, was charged with hiring illegal immigrants to clean her home. "She’s supposed to be deporting aliens, not hiring them," said Assistant US Attorney Brian T. Kelly, chief of the public corruption unit.
The housecleaner wore a wire during conversations with Henderson. The article reports that…
Today marks the official introduction of the California Employment Law Report.
Why start another blog about California employment law? I’ve been continually blogging about California employment law since about the middle of 2005 in various forms. This blog is my “excuse” to keep up-to-date, think about law in different creative ways that sometimes practicing does now allow…
