California’s Department of Finance provided a letter to Governor Newsom as required under Labor Code section 1182.12 to reflect the adjustment in the state minimum wage each year. The Department announced that California’s minimum wage will increase by 3.5% to $16.00 per hour for all employers as of January 1, 2024. This Friday’s five reviews how
California law starts from a presumption that all employees are non-exempt employees, meaning that they are not exempt from the Labor Code requirements, such as overtime pay, meal and rest breaks, and minimum wage. Exempt employees are designated as such because they are “exempt” from certain wage and hour requirements due to their duties and
California’s minimum wage will be increasing on January 1, 2023 to $15.50 per hour. This Friday’s five reviews how the increase impacts California’s employers and addresses considerations for how employers deal with the patchwork of local jurisdictions that have their own minimum wage requirements:
1. White Collar Exemptions – Salary Requirement Tied to State Minimum
California’s minimum wage not only impacts minimum wage workers, but it also effects the salary required for employees to qualify as
As 2020 ends, this Friday’s Five focuses on five steps employers can take now to prepare for 2021:
1. Update employee handbooks to comply with SB 1383 – California Family Rights Act (CFRA) now applies to employers with 5 or more employees.
There has been overhaul of the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) which will
This Friday’s five article covers five reminders about the California minimum wage increase and its impact upon exempt employees:
1. As of January 1, 2020, the minimum wage in California increased from $12.00 per hour to $13.00 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees (the increase is from $11.00 per hour to $12.00
On March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a proposed rulemaking to increase the salary level that employees must receive in order to qualify as an exempt employee. The DOL sets standards under the Federal Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), but California employers are also required to comply with California’s wage
Happy New Year! This Friday’s five video covers five reminders about the minimum wage increase:
1. As of January 1, 2019, the minimum wage in California increased from $11.00 to $12.00 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees (the increase is from $10.50 per hour to $11.00 per hour for employers with
To qualify as an exempt employee, California requires that an employee must be “primarily engaged in the duties that meet the test of the exemption” and “earns a monthly salary equivalent to no less than two times the state minimum wage for full-time employment.” Labor Code section 515. This forms the two-part test the employees
California’s state minimum wage increased for California’s employers on January 1, 2018. California’s minimum wage law provides for two different rates based on the size of the employer, and the minimum wage increases are reflected in this chart:
| Date | Minimum Wage for Employers with 25 Employees or Less | Minimum Wage for Employers with 26 Employees |