The Department of Labor is increasing its audit to ensure employers are not misclassifying employees exempt. In addition, they are changing the rules to make more positions classified as non-exempt. Employers should audit their employee classifications to ensure they do not have misclassified employees. Conducting job analysis on for all positions is the best way… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Wage and Hour
COMMON WAGE AND HOUR MISTAKES
Employers need to audit there wage and hour practices to ensure that they are not making mistakes that would cause them to violate Employment Law. MISCLASSIFYING NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES AS EXEMPT FROM FSLA. Lucrative attorneys’ fees continue to motivate lawyers to file individual and class actions on behalf of improperly classified employees. Two tests to qualify… Read more »
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 »
Salary Basis Threshold Changed!
What does the change in salary test mean to employers? The salary basis test is the weekly salary an employee must earn to be considered exempt from overtime and FSLA. If an employee does not meet the salary test they cannot be exempt and must be paid overtime. They receive a weekly salary without deductions… Read more »
Misclassification Cost Millions!
Tech companies using Independent contractor, need to rethink how they staff their workforce. Misclassification cost Fed Ex millions. It’s very hard to meet the standards of independent contractors in CA. http://bit.ly/1J3aZkO
Los Angeles city council approves wage hike to $15 per hour!
Los Angeles, to join San Jose, Oakland, San Fransico with minimum wages above the state required. Employers need to start planning for the increased cost of running their business. Employment costs are increasing both wages and benefits cost are rising. http://bit.ly/1cSmDRq
Doing Business in California is Complicated!
As a Human Resources consultant, I get asked a lot of wage and hour related questions to employment. Before I answer I usually have to ask a series of questions to make sure I give them the right answer. Wage and Hour laws are complicated. You have federal, state and city laws to contend with,… Read more »
Wage and Hour laws in California!
Wage and Hour laws are complicated. You have federal, state and city laws the rules that are most favorable to the employee is the rules that the company must follow. What makes a little more difficult is the minimum wage might be higher at the local level, but the rule for employee classification of exempt… Read more »