By: Meagan Christiansen As has become a pattern each year, there are a number of new laws enacted in 2013 that will undoubtedly affect California employers in 2014. The attached is a brief description of the major new legislation and regulations that employers should look out for. Please do not hesitate to contact any one… Continue Reading
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Notice To Employers – Audit Your Compensation Plans Based On The Increase To California’s Statutory Minimum Wage
Posted in New Legislation and Regulations, Wage & HourBy: Lizbeth V. West, Esq. On September 25, 2013 Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 10 into law. Under the new law the statutory minimum wage for California employees will increase from $8 per hour to $9 per hour as of July 1, 2014. Then, on January 1, 2016, the statutory minimum wage will increase to $10… Continue Reading
IRS Gives Employers Guidance on the Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions of the Affordable Care Act
Posted in Labor Law, New Legislation and RegulationsBy: Shauna N. Correia Employers should be planning ahead for the January 1, 2014 implementation of the “Employer Shared Responsibility” provisions of the Affordable Care Act. That is because the average number of workers a company employed during 2013 will determine whether an employer is a “large employer,” and must offer minimum levels of health… Continue Reading
San Jose Joins San Francisco in Adopting Its Own Minimum Wage Requirement
Posted in Labor Law, Wage & HourBy: Meagan D. Christiansen On November 6, 2012, nearly sixty percent of San Jose’s residents voted to raise San Jose’s minimum wage to $10.00. In doing so, San Jose became the fifth city in the United States to institute a higher minimum wage than otherwise required, joining San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Albuquerque and Santa Fe…. Continue Reading
2013 Minimum Rates of Pay Announced for Exempt Computer Software, Physician and Surgeon Employees
Posted in Labor Law, Wage & HourBy: Meagan D. Christiansen California Labor Code sections 515.5 and 515.6 provide that certain computer software employees, as well as licensed physicians and surgeons, are exempt from state overtime requirements if they receive a minimum hourly, monthly, or yearly rate. Effective January 1, 2013, the following rates of pay are required for the employee to… Continue Reading
“Inside Sales Exemption” – Are Commissions Calculated When Earned or When Paid?
Posted in Wage & HourBy: Lizbeth V. West, Esq. The Ninth Circuit has referred the Peabody v. Time Warner Cable case to the California Supreme Court to answer this question. Under the commissioned salesperson exemption, or the “inside sales exemption” in Wage Orders 4 and 7 (ONLY) an employee is exempt from overtime if his or her earnings: 1)… Continue Reading
San Francisco: Incubator for Bad Employment Laws
Posted in Labor Law, New Legislation and Regulations, Wage & HourlaborDriving across the San Francisco Bay Bridge still provides one of the most beautiful views of any City I have seen in the United States. However, once off the bridge, you witness business owners besieged by a Frankenstein type laboratory of unfriendly employment laws. There is little doubt in my mind that, but for the view from… Continue Reading
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