With the minimum wage increasing in cities across the state, I have been getting numerous calls and e-mails about those increases. I blogged about the announcement of the LA Hotel
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Invitation: Join Us in San Francisco on January 27 for a 2017 Employment Law Update
I hope you’ll join my Fox colleagues Keith Chrestionson and Jaemin Chang and me on January 27 for the next in our series of breakfast briefings in our San Francisco
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CA State Minimum Wage Increases on January 1, 2017
On January 1, 2017, the California minimum wage will increase for businesses with more than 25 employees from $10 per hour to $10.50 per hour. This is another step toward
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Top 10 Trending Issues for California HR: Come Hear Me Speak on August 29th
I am looking forward to the California HR Conference sponsored by PIHRA (Southern California’s SHRM) coming up on August 29-31st in Long Beach. If you haven’t registered, take a look
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Minimum Wage/Salary Requirements for Non-Exempt and Exempt Employees
As we’ve blogged about before, many cities in California have increased their minimum wage effective July 1st. July 1st has come and gone, and just when you think that
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July 1st Minimum Wage Reminders
Remember the good old days when you knew the minimum wage off the top of your head?! Even for us employment attorneys, those days are gone (or maybe I’m just
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Reminder: California Minimum Wage Goes Up to $10 on January 1st
In addition to the excellent reminders my colleague, Sahara Pynes, posted here about all of the things California employers should do to get ready for 2016, here is another
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Bill to Further Increase State Minimum Wage Looks Dead
California’s state minimum wage — currently $9/hr — is poised to bump up to $10/hr on January 1, 2016. Last June, the state Senate passed a bill to increase
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Are Minimum Wages to Blame for Over-Priced Burritos?
One of our ongoing themes has been the consequences for California’s economy of having laws that are so protective of employees. See this one, for example. With a fresh
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Would US Dept. of Labor's New Overtime Rule Affect CA Employers?
The Department of Labor has proposed a rule to raise the minimum salary workers must earn to qualify for “white collar” exemptions from $23,660 per year to $50,440 per year.
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