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Reminder: the California minimum wage will increase to $10 per hour on January 1, 2016, so companies must ensure all nonexempt employees are being paid at least that amount.  This change also indirectly affects some overtime-exempt employees, whose monthly salary…

Employers who pay their employees by “piece-rate” instead of paying the typical hourly wages now need to comply with AB 1513.  The new law forces costly new requirements on employers who pay piece rate wages, but also provides some needed…

Wait. Doesn’t California already have an equal pay law? Well, yes. In fact, California has prohibited wage discrimination on the basis of sex since 1949, long before pay discrimination was prohibited by federal law. However, as the California Legislature sees…

You, The Law, and Unpaid Sleep Time The California Supreme Court in Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions clarified an employer’s ability to use unpaid sleep time for workers who work overnight shifts or shifts lasting longer than 24 hours, and…

Amended by AB 304, signed by Governor Brown, July 13th, effective immediately!

Take two Aspirin and call your favorite Employment Law Attorney for the Legal Rx Not surprisingly, we have received plenty of questions since the passage of AB 1522, the new, “Healthy Workplace, Healthy Families Act of 2014” requiring almost all…

By Alfred J. Landegger, Esq.: Al's commentary after attending a recent conference on the changes in California's employment law and how our state has the highest employment litigation in the country.

As if Employers are not already reeling under the burden of new California Wage and Hour Laws, cities like Los Angeles, are now adding an additional layer of concern with a broad and complicated minimum wage and sick time ordinance…

Dear Clients and Friends: 1981 was a fortuitous year for me, and as a young attorney, I was fortunate to meet the Executive Director of the Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services. This was the first nonprofit organization I represented…