Mayor Garcetti signed into law the “Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring” ordinance on December 7, 2016. The law takes effect January 22, 2017. The Mayor’s holiday gift to employers leaves only a couple of weeks to them to change applications and hiring processes to comply with the new ordinance. This Friday’s Five lists
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rnia employers cannot forget about detailed employment provisions such as reporting time pay. This Friday’s Five provide a list of five things California employers should understand about reporting time pay:
1. What is reporting time pay?
California law requires an employer to pay “reporting time pay” under the applicable Wage Order. This requires that
Having just attended the Advanced Mediation Conference hosted by the State Bar of California Labor and Employment Law Section, it occurred to me how intimidating a mediation can be for even sophisticated business operators. I wanted to share five concepts brought up at the conference that I would like all of my clients to understand
I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving weekend. This Friday’s Five is about five common questions I’m receiving from California employers at the close of 2016.
1. Does the legalization of recreational use of marijuana in California with the passage of proposition 64 change employer’s rights to prohibit it in the workplace?
No. Proposition
Employers across the nation have been preparing to increase salary levels for managers to meet the higher salary level requirements implemented by the Department of Labor earlier this year under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The DOL rules were set to take effect on December 1, 2016, and require that employers must pay employees
The DOL’s change in the federal overtime rules requiring a higher salary threshold ($47,476 paid annually) for employees to qualify as an exempt employee takes effect December 1, 2016. This Friday’s Five discusses five final checklist items California employers should consider when reclassifying from exempt employees to nonexempt employees.
1. The DOL rule changes are
USCIS has published a revised Form I-9 that employers can begin to use immediately. The old Form I-9 that has the revision date of 03/08/13 can be used until January 22, 2017.
USCIS published two versions of the Form I-9 – one form that can be completed on a computer, and another that is
What a week – and here we are at Friday already. This Friday’s Five focuses on how President Trump could change the employment landscape on the federal and California levels.
1. Department of Labor’s overtime regulations effective December 1, 2016 are still on course to take effect, but could be changed in 2017.
As I’ve
Happy Friday. In this video, I discuss five benefits for California employers to utilize arbitration instead of litigating claims in court.
With attention on the DOL’s salary increase required to meet the white collar exemptions, it is important for employers to remember that this is only one-half of the test to qualify for as an exempt employee. The law also requires that the employee perform more than 50% of their time performing exempt duties. For