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CA Raises Minimum Compensation For Exempt Computer Software Professionals

By Jeffrey D. Polsky on October 15, 2015

Labor Code sec. 515.5 defines when computer software professional in California can be considered exempt. The requirements are both vague and detailed.

The vagueness comes from requiring that the employee…
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Posted in Advice & Counseling, Wage and Hour

Would US Dept. of Labor's New Overtime Rule Affect CA Employers?

By Jeffrey D. Polsky on July 1, 2015

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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Posted in Advice & Counseling, Wage and Hour

Judge Begs Higher Courts to Clarify Exempt Status

By Jeffrey D. Polsky on November 13, 2014

It’s harder to determine whether employees are exempt from overtime requirements under California law than under federal law. Under federal law, exempt status depends on an employee’s primary duty and…
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Posted in Class Actions, Wage and Hour

7 Ways That Following Federal Employment Law Violates California Law

By Jeffrey D. Polsky on October 24, 2013

You don’t need a ton of HR or employment law experience to know that we do things a bit differently in the Golden State. Here are some of the ways…
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Posted in Employment Litigation, Wage and Hour

Why Salaried Non-Exempt Employees Are a Bad Idea (AB 2103)

By Nancy Yaffe on October 15, 2012

California law generally requires the payment of overtime to non-exempt employees for hours worked over 8 in one workday, and over 40 in one workweek, and on the 7th day…

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Posted in Wage and Hour

The Latest (But Not Last) Word on the Administrative Exemption in California

By Jeffrey D. Polsky on July 24, 2012

California employees are exempt from the overtime requirements if they satisfy the executive, professional, or administrative exemptions. Of these, the administrative exemption is the least well-defined.

Much of this uncertainty…
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Posted in Wage and Hour

A Big Win for the “Big Four”

By Alex Hernaez on June 15, 2011

In November of 2009 we wrote about Campbell v. Pricewaterhousecoopers, LLP, 602 F. Supp. 2d 1163, 1181 (E.D. Cal. 2009), which held that, as a matter of law, a…
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Posted in Wage and Hour

Is complying with the law supposed to be this hard?

By Jeffrey D. Polsky on January 24, 2011

I’ve ranted before about how hard it is for employers to comply with California employment laws.  For example, there was this post about the unfairness of punishing employers for violating…
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Posted in Wage and Hour

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