by Cynthia Elkins | Jun 10, 2024 | News
LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE Employers located within the City and County of Los Angeles City should mark their calendars to implement the upcoming minimum wage increase, effective July 1, 2024. LOS ANGELES CITY On February 1, 2024 Los Angeles City announced that the...
by Cynthia Elkins | May 3, 2024 | News
THE FUTURE OF PAGA ON NOVEMBER BALLOT As has been the law for two decades, the Private Attorney Generals Act (PAGA) allows “aggrieved” employees to file a lawsuit on behalf of themselves and on behalf of other “aggrieved” employees (as their “representative”) and on...
by Cynthia Elkins | Apr 15, 2024 | News
As the July 1, 2024 deadline for implementing a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (WVPP) is quickly approaching, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) has now published a Model Workplace Violence Prevention Plan to assist employers in...
by Cynthia Elkins | Mar 7, 2024 | News
Paying overtime seems simple-hourly non-exempt employees are paid either 1.5x or 2x their rate of pay for overtime hours worked. However, in reality, calculating overtime is more complex as the overtime rate is not based on the “hourly rate of pay,” but instead must...
by Cynthia Elkins | Mar 1, 2024 | News
MEAL BREAK REQUIREMENTS MUST BE STRICTLY ENFORCED California law requires that employers “shall not employ an employee for a work period of more than five hours per day without providing the employee with a meal period of not less than 30 minutes.” Additionally, if...
