2016 Employees earn more Minimum Wage—Effective Jan. 1, 2016, is raised to $10.00 per hour in California. To be exempt from FSLA employees must be paid a weekly salary that is two times more than minimum wage. Example: The minimum wage is $10.00 and the weekly salary must be $20.00 or more. Salary of $800.00… Read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Waiting Time Penalties
Labor Code Section 203 makes a California employer liable if it has willfully failed to timely pay final earned wages to an employee whose employment has terminated. The offending employer must pay an amount equal to the employee’s daily wages from the due date until the date of payment, up to a maximum of 30 days…. Read more »
Minimum Wage Change 2016
The $10 state-wide minimum wage that hits us on January 1, 2016, will complicate things even more than the last increase. The obvious employer takeaway from the new minimum wage hike is that now it’s time to pay more: Pay more hourly wages. As in 2014, the increase in minimum wage will increase what employers must… Read more »