Ensuring timely payment of wages is a crucial responsibility for California employers. Following our recent discussion on final pay for employees, several readers raised further questions about wage payment schedules and the handling of tips. In response, this Friday’s Five highlights key reminders about employers’ obligations to timely pay wages and tips under California
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Five Reminders About Employee Final Pay Under California Law
Five reminders about the timing requirements for providing final wages to employees:
Five Critical Issues Facing California Employers – September 2021
California employers have a lot to keep their eye on over the last few weeks. For this week’s Friday’s Five article, here is a list of five key issues California employers should know about and how these issues will likely impact their workplace:
1. New decision approves striking unmanageable PAGA claims.
Employee final pay – five reminders
Five reminders about the timing requirements for providing final wages to employees:
- An employee who is discharged must be paid all of his or her wages, including accrued vacation, immediately at the time of termination.
- An employee who gives at least 72 hours prior notice of quitting, and quits on the day given in the
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The tail wagging the dog: five rules of when attorney’s fees can be awarded in wage and hour cases
Often the threat of the plaintiff’s potential ability to recover attorney’s fees is greater than the actual damages that they can prove. This can be frustrating for employers defending wage and hour claims, in both the individual and class action context. Indeed, an employer must understand the potential damages and exposure of fees they may…
Friday’s Five: Five rules every California employer should know about providing final wages to employees
This Friday’s Five is coming out a little late in the day, but as they say, better late…. I’ve been fielding a lot of questions about final wage payment requirements. So here are five rules every employer should know about providing final wages to employees:
- An employee who is discharged must be paid all of
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When Does An Employer Have To Pay Wages?
I remember working odd summer jobs during college to pay the rent so that I did not have to move home. I was just thinking about one employer I worked for that always seemed to have payroll issues. Now, I do not think the mistakes were intentional, but they did cause me to have a…