Tag: Wage and Hour
State Supreme Court Will Consider How to Deal With ‘De Minimis’ Time
Employers frequently run into questions regarding counting small, or “de minimis,” periods of time. Lawsuits have been filed over small amounts of uncompensated time...
New Requirements for Paying Piece-Rate Employees for Rest Breaks
What are the requirements for compensating piece-rate paid employees for rest breaks and other nonproductive time?
A number of recent California and federal cases regarding...
Revised Double-Pay Holiday Bill Passes Assembly
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that requires double the “regular rate” of pay for work on Thanksgiving passed the Assembly this week.
A previous...
CalChamber Explains New Laws for 2016
The California Chamber of Commerce is presenting handy summaries of new legislation taking effect in 2016 that will affect the day-to-day operations of California...
CalChamber Steers Helpful Bills into Law, Stops Costly Mandates, Secures Changes
The 2015 legislative year was very active in the labor and employment policy arena. Overall, the California Chamber of Commerce was very successful with...
Gender Equity Pay Bill Signed into Law
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that seeks to eliminate pay disparity based on gender was signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on...
Calculating Sick Leave for Employee with Multiple Rates of Pay
How do I pay for sick leave under California’s new law when an employee has more than one rate of pay? Do I pay...
CalChamber-Backed Gender Equity Pay Bill Passes Assembly with Bipartisan Support
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that seeks to eliminate pay disparity based on gender passed the Assembly this week with bipartisan support.
SB 358...
Gender Equity Pay Bill Moves with CalChamber-Backed Changes
California Chamber of Commerce-supported legislation that seeks to eliminate pay disparity based on gender won approval from an Assembly policy committee this week.
SB 358...
CalChamber Stops Two More ‘Job Killers’ on Assembly Floor
Two “job killers” failed to move off the Assembly Floor on June 4, missing Friday's deadline for bills to pass the house in which...
