Lizbeth West, Past Chair and Meagan D. Christiansen, Legal Affairs Chair invite you to attend SEAC’s Spring Workshop with a panel of experts on employee benefits. Topics include The Affordable Care Act to Workers’ Compensation and everything in between.
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Time: 7:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Location: Sacramento State Alumni…
Join Weintraub Tobin’s attorney Beth West who will be speaking at the South Placer EAC’s seminar on Tuesday, March 18, 2014.
The Topic:
The Importance of Conducting an HR Audit Before You Get Audited
Time:
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Roseville Connections/EDD
115 Ascot Drive, Suite 180
Roseville, CA 95661
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Summary of Program
Employee policy handbooks are essential for employers in today’s litigious environment. While preparing the handbook and consistently enforcing the policies contained therein may take time and money, it is time and money well spent. Why? Because the enforcement of effective policies and procedures contained in a carefully prepared and customized handbook can…
On March 20, 2014, my colleagues Meagan Christiansen, Chelcey Lieber and I will be presenting a seminar called “The Ins and Outs of Preparing the Right Employee Handbook for Your Business.” In preparing for the seminar, we reviewed some examples of the increasingly popular prepackaged, one-size-fits-all employee handbooks that we have heard about or have…
By: Duyen T. Nguyen
In George Vranish, Jr. et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, 2014 DJDAR 761, January 23, 2014, the Court upheld the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) which set forth overtime pay for Exxon Mobil’s employees. Pursuant to the CBA, Plaintiffs were paid at the overtime premium rate of 1.5 times their regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 hours in a workweek or over 12 hours in a workday but were not paid overtime for hours worked between the eighth and twelfth hour in a workday. Thus, Plaintiffs argued that they were not paid premium compensation for all “overtime hours worked” as required under Labor Code section 510. That section provides that any work in excess of eight hours in one workday is compensated at 1.5 times the regular rate of pay for an employee and any work in excess of 12 hours in one day is compensated at 2 times the regular rate of pay for an employee.Continue Reading A Collective Bargaining Agreement That Provides For Premium Rates For Overtime Hours Worked Is Not Subject To The Same Overtime Pay Obligations Defined By California Labor Code Section 510
