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Brian D. Bertossa / March 21, 2024

All Good Things Must Come to an End – Handling Final Pay for Employees

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While employers hope every employee hired enjoys a long, productive relationship with the employer, almost every employee ultimately leaves employment. The end of employment most commonly occurs through a voluntary resignation by the employee either ...
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Shihao Liang / July 20, 2023

California Employers – Have you filed your “Payroll Report” yet?

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Updated FAQs Provide Guidance about Reporting Requirements The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) updated its FAQs on employers’ obligations to report workforce information to the state. The recently enacted Senate Bill 1162 modified ...
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Carrie E. Bushman / December 12, 2022

Time May Be Running Out on Employer Rounding Practices

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Historically, California courts have upheld the legality of time rounding (where, for example, actual time punches are rounded backwards or forwards to the nearest quarter hour) as long as, overall, the rounding policy/practice is neutral on its face ...
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Lisa V. Ryan / September 22, 2022

Owners’ Personal Liability for Minimum Wage Violations  

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Court Finds Discretion “May” Not be Judicial Business owners often incorporate their businesses to help protect personal assets. Under California law, a corporation stands as a separate legal entity and can shield its owners from personal ...
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Cook Brown / May 26, 2022

California Supreme Court Delivers One-Two Punch to Employers Related to Break Premium Pay 

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The California Supreme Court delivered a one-two punch to employers this week with respect to the penalties for missed breaks. It held that the penalty for a missed break (one hour’s pay) constitutes “wages” that must be reported on statutorily ...
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Cook Brown / July 22, 2021

Supreme Court Ruling on Meal & Rest Break Premiums Requires Immediate Action for CA Employers

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In Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, the California Supreme Court last Thursday issued a disappointing decision for employers, finding that meal and rest break premium pay must be based on the employee’s “regular rate of pay” as opposed to their ...
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Cook Brown / March 23, 2021

California Supreme Court Rejects Time Rounding for Meal Periods

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Rounding of employee time punches has been a legally accepted timekeeping practice under California and federal law, provided that overtime rounding did not result in a failure to pay employees for all of the time they have actually ...
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Lisa V. Ryan / February 26, 2020

These Boots are Made for Working

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Court Rules California Employers Must Pay for Employee Work Boots According to a recent unpublished appellate court decision, California employers must pay for employee safety equipment, including steel-toed shoes. In UPS Ground Freight Inc. v. ...
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