Because California wage and hour laws only cover employees, you will not be protected by these laws if you are an independent contractor. Under California labor law, any person rendering service to an employer is presumed to be an employee –UNLESS s/he is an independent contractor.2 However,...
California employees must not work for more than five hours in a shift without having a meal period of not less than 30 minutes. The exception is that if the total work period in the day is six hours or less, the employer and employee can consent to waiving the break. If the employee ...
The minimum salary threshold for exempt employees increased to $1,240 per week ($64,480 per year) for employers regardless of their employee count. The minimum hourly rate for exempt computer software employees will increase to $53.80 per hour (or an annual salary of $112,065.20). Local Min...
California's eight-hour overtime rule can complicate reporting pay calculations. Normally, employees are entitled to time-and-a-half for work in excess of eight hours in one day. However, reporting pay hours doesn't count towards the eight hour total. For example, say that an employee worked...
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These various violations are also commonly referred to as wage theft. It is important to note that wage in this context refers to not only hourly wages, but also salary and benefits that are afforded the employee under the law. It is an unfortunately common occurrence; according to the Calif...
In addition, California laws onlunch breaksgenerally do not apply toworkers who qualify as independent contractors. There are a number of factors that are used to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. Workers hired asindependent contractorsmay actually be in an emp...
Relinquish control over the employee’s activities; Permit them a reasonable opportunity to take an uninterrupted 30-minute break; Not impede or discourage the employee from doing so. Visit the Labor Commissioner’s Office for more information aboutmeal periods. ...
hourly rate for each combination of race, ethnicity and sex within each job category. Additionally, beginning Jan. 1, 2023, employers with 15 or more employees must include the pay scale for a position in any job posting. Employers must also provide an employee with the pay scale for the...
The rate of pay is the employee’s hourly wage at the time of the leave. If in the 90 days before taking accrued paid sick leave the employee had different hourly pay rates, was paid by commission or piece rate, or was a nonexempt salaried employee, then the rate of pay will be cal...