Weintraub Tobin’s 2023 Labor and Employment Seminar and Training schedule is now available.

Specifics and invitations for each seminar/training will be posted on our website approximately one month before the event. Click here to receive email alerts and registration information ahead of each seminar.

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Continue Reading Now Available! Weintraub Tobin’s 2023 Labor and Employment Seminar and Training Schedule

As we previously discussed here, beginning January 1, 2023, employers with at least 15 employees will be required to include a pay scale with any job posting. If employers use third-party services to post jobs, they will need to provide those third parties with the pay scale information so that it can be included in the job posting. While employers do not have to volunteer such information to existing employees without prompting, those employees are entitled to the same pay range for their own positions if requested. The requirement to provide pay ranges to existing employees upon request applies to all employers, regardless of size.  

Continue Reading Labor Commissioner Issues Pay Transparency FAQs Providing Clarity to Employers

Recent case law has brought time rounding policies into question. In this episode of California Employment NewsMeagan Bainbridge and Katie Collins review the California Court of Appeal’s recent ruling in Camp v. Home Depot, and discuss how it could impact time rounding policies for California employers.

Continue Reading California Employment News: Time to Do Away With Rounding Policies

California Labor Code now guarantees meal and rest breaks for public healthcare workers. In this episode of California Employment NewsMeagan Bainbridge and Katie Collins review the details of the newly added Labor Code Section 512.1 and how it applies to both public healthcare employees and employers. Continue Reading California Employment News: Public Healthcare Workers Now Get Meal and Rest Breaks

Background

In California, Wage Order 9-2001 applies to “all persons employed in the transportation industry,” including property-carrying commercial truck drivers. (Cal. Code Regs., Tit. 8, § 11090(1).) Under the order, an employee working more than five hours a day is entitled to a “meal period of not less than 30 minutes,” and an employee working more than 10 hours in a day is entitled to “a second meal period of not less than 30 minutes.” (Cal. Code Regs., Tit. 8, § 11090(11)(A),(B).). The Wage Order entitles employees to 10-minute rest breaks for every four hours worked throughout the day. (Cal. Code Regs., Tit. 8, § 11090(12)(A).) Continue Reading Federal Preemption of California’s Meal and Rest Laws for Truck Drivers Subject to Federal Regulations Applies Retroactively!