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Safety/Health Recordkeeping Mandates Change for Some Industries
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has revised the industrial classification index relating to partially exempt and nonexempt industries for recordkeeping purposes....
How to Use Pregnancy Leave in Conjunction with Other Leave Laws
How can we accommodate an employee’s request for additional time off to care for her son when she has just returned from pregnancy disability...
Time Off to Attend Funeral Not Eligible for State/Federal Family Leave
I operate a business with close to 100 employees, and one of my long-term employees recently informed me that his mother passed away, and...
Timelines for Presenting Final Paycheck, Handling Unclaimed Wages
When is a final paycheck due, and what if the employee never picks up the final pay?
All wages and accrued vacation or paid time...
Guns at Work: California Law Differs from Many States
My employee has a concealed carry permit and wants to bring his gun to work. He says if I don’t allow it in the...
Reason for Travel Determines Whether Travel Time Must Be Paid
Our hourly employees report to work at the office and then travel from one work location to another using their own car, and we...
California Law Requires Employers to Pay Employees’ Expense Claims
Can we have a policy that employees’ expense claims must be turned in by a certain time period, and if the employee doesn’t meet...
Use of Megan’s List Forbidden for Employment Purposes
We did a background check on an applicant and it came back that he was a registered sex offender. Now we do not want...
How to Handle Unpaid Wages for Unmarried Deceased Employee
I recently had an unmarried employee pass away. Can I just send his unpaid wages and vacation wages to his son?
If your employee was...
State Adopts Multiple New Safety/Health Regulation Packages
As the owner of a small manufacturing business, I would like to know if there were any new regulations adopted by the Occupational Safety...
