Tag: Exempt Employee
New Fast Food Minimum Wage Also Affects Exempt Employee Salary
We are a fast food restaurant covered by the new minimum wage law for fast food restaurant employees. Does this new law also affect...
Exempt Employees Can Be Required to Work Specific Hours
Our company’s business hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The payroll manager, who is classified as an exempt employee,...
Properly Classifying Employees as Exempt, Nonexempt
In Episode 172 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law experts Matthew Roberts and Ellen Savage discuss how to properly classify employees as either...
No Retroactive Fix for Underpayment to Exempt Employee
I recently took over as HR director for my company, and I discovered that for the last seven months, the company wasn’t paying the...
California Holiday Pay, Time Off Rules
In Episode 140 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law experts Matthew Roberts and Bianca Saad discuss California holiday wage and hour issues, including...
COVID-19: What Employers Ask – Part 2
In Episode 70 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and Labor Law Adviser Ellen Savage discuss the...
July 1 Local Minimum Wage Hikes Don’t Change Exempt Salary Test
A local minimum wage applies to our nonexempt employees. When the minimum wage increases on July 1, does that mean the salary test for...
Part-Time Employees May Qualify as Exempt; 2-Part Test to Decide
Can I classify an employee who works only part-time as exempt?
An employee’s exempt classification must be evaluated by the employee’s rate of pay and...
CalChamber Podcast Discusses Employee Misclassification
There are so many different types of workers: hourly employees, managers, supervisors, exempt employees, and independent contractors. But how do you classify each one...
California Wildfires: What Employers Need to Know
More than a dozen wildfires are raging up and down California, forcing evacuations and bringing tragedy and loss. As of August 9, the Carr...
