California is not a friendly place for employers, and it is not a matter of whether an employer will be forced to deal with an employee claim, it is a matter of when. That makes it important for employers to understand some key points about ...
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Updates
Court Decisions in 2016: Deadlines Matter When Opposing an Assessment of Withdrawal Liability
Employers with a unionized workforce typically contribute to a multiemployer pension plan – most of which are seriously underfunded today. When the employer ceases operations, an underfunded pension plan will typically notify the employer that it is ...
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Prevailing Wage Required for Certain Private, Non-Profit Hospital Construction and Ready-Mixed Concrete Hauling in ’16
California law has long required employers to pay the prevailing wage rate during the construction, alteration, demolition, installation or repair of public facilities and on private projects receiving public funds. However, private nonprofit ...
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California’s Sick Leave Law: A Challenge for Construction Industry Despite Clarifications
The April 2015 issue of the SRBX Construction Quarterly Magazine highlighted the requirements of California’s new sick leave law. Since then Governor Brown signed into law a new measure, AB 304, providing clarification on several points of the ...
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California’s Fair Pay Act, Wage Statements, and More: Six New Year’s Resolutions for Employers in ‘16
California's Fair Pay Act went into effect with the new year and the California Labor Code now sets forth specific categories of information that each wage statement must contain. Resolve to stay on top of those and other California employment laws. ...
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The California Fair Pay Act
The California Fair Pay Act (SB 358, Jackson) - signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown - expands equal pay requirements for “substantially similar work” performed by men and women regardless of location. This expansion will have practical ...
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California’s Paid Sick Leave Law: Governor Signs Clarifying Legislation
All Clear on California's New Paid Sick Leave Law
California's paid sick leave law went into effect on July 1, 2015. Governor Jerry Brown has now signed AB 304, which provides clarification on key several points of the law.
Alternative accrual ...
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Attributing Commissions to Minimum Wage Obligations: Court Sets Limits
In deciding Peabody v. Time Warner Cable (SC S2048047/14/14), the California Supreme Court considered whether an employer may attribute commission wages paid in one pay period to other pay periods in order to satisfy California’s compensation ...
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