Even though employers allow employees to watch TV, surf the Internet, or even sleep, depending on the circumstances such on-call time, even if the employee is not doing any work, still may be required to be paid by the employer. It has been clear since the 1940’s that employers have the obligation to pay employees
Friday’s Five: Five Terms To Include In Job Offer Letters
Hiring new employees? For the next job o
ffer, instead of relying on the old job offer letter you have a lawyer review in the 1990’s, it is recommended to review the offer letter to ensure it is up to date with current law. While some of the items discussed below are not necessarily new
Governor signs bill to amend California’s paid sick leave law 13 days after employees begin accruing paid sick leave.
Are you tired of employm
ent lawyers’ obnoxious headlines asking if you are sick over California’s paid sick leave law yet? I’ll spare you the play on words and get to some of the major amendments to California’s paid sick leave law, which took effect immediately upon the Governor’s signature of AB 304 on July
Presentation: General rules to comply with California’s paid sick leave law
I’ll be posting some short clips of a recent presentation I conducted on complying with California’s paid sick leave law. In this first video, I discuss some general rules California employers need to consider to comply with the July 1, 2015 deadline to offer paid sick leave to employees. Topics include:
- how to calculate pay
Friday’s Five: on-call time under California law
Businesses that have employees on standby waiting to be called for work must review whether this on-call time needs to be paid time. It is a v
ery fact intensive inquiry, that employers must ensure they get correct. Any mistake in not paying employees for compensable on-call time can result in potential exposure for overtime,
Paid sick leave: Are you ready for the July 1, 2015 deadline?
This Friday’s Five article is busting its own rule with
a list of ten rules (it is California, and I should have realized the limitations of lists of five). While there are many aspects of the new law that I cannot cover in a short article like this, here is a general checklist of ten
Five most targeted industries for government wage and hour audits
Is your company in an industry that is likely to be targeted by the Department of Labor (DOL) for FLSA violations, or by the California Labor Commissioner for California Labor Code violations? A review of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour statistics for fiscal year 2014, in connection with California’s Division of Labor Standards
California’s paid sick leave law: Five deadlines every employer must know
While July 1, 2015 is the primary date making most headlines for the new sick leave requirement in California, and is when in fact employees begin to accrue and will be eligible to take paid sick leave, there are many other deadlines employers should keep in mind:
1. January 1, 2015:
Required poster “Healthy Workplaces/Healthy
Five things employers must understand about LinkedIn’s job reference lawsuit
Recently, the issue raised in Sweet v. LinkedIn is whether the Reference Searches functionality offered by LinkedIn is governed by the 
regulations set forth in the FCRA. The Reference Search feature allows users who pay a fee to search for references that have worked with any other LinkedIn member. The results list common employers and
Five things every employer with IT workers must understand about the computer professional exemption under California law
Recently I published a list of common exemptions under California law. This list of exemptions did not 
delve into the details of each exemption in detail, so I will be returning to a few of the exemptions to add more explanation about each exempt classification. I’m currently reading Paul Graham’s Hackers and Painters, Big