For more information or questions on the new California labor and employment laws and their potential impact on employers and employees, contact the authors. Information contained in this alert is for the general education and knowledge of our readers. It is not designed to be, and should not...
Subscribe to Sehreen Ladak's Posts Sehreen Ladak is an associate in the Labor & Employment Department. She represents clients in a wide range of employment matters, including state and federal litigation, arbitration, and class actions on wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation ...
Again, specific criteria regarding ownership of the creative product, whether a recording is made, and how large audiences are will be factors. It's important to note that this is still not an exemption for many recording, television or film artists' work. Professional services exemption: This ...
Two separate federal laws govern HR policies on wages. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 contains provisions for minimum wage, overtime pay, exempt and nonexempt employee classification and record keeping. Thefederal minimum wageis $7.25 per hour; however, many states have minimum wage standar...
California child labor laws Youth under the age of 18 must have a permit to work. Youth 12 and 13 years old are generally only allowed to work on school holidays and during school vacation. They may not work on any school day, either before or after classes. ...
Our employment lawyers in California atMara Law Firmhave been representing workers for well over a decade. We specialize in representing two, general categories of workers: California workers suffering from wage theft or other abuses of California’s labor laws, and civilian workers whoworked oversea...
federal labor laws, including wage and hour and health and safety regulations, including those regarding child labor. This new law requires employers who conduct these audits to post on their website a report detailing the audit’s findings of the employer’s compliance with child labor laws. ...
with the above, then they are the hook to pay you a penalty for each day they don’t pay you all of your final wages, up to a maximum of 30 days of your average daily pay. See California Labor CodeSection 201andSection 203. For most people, that ends up being 1.5 months of pay...
laws apply to both exempt and non-exempt employees. Because exempt employees are generally paid a salary rather than an hourly wage, it is important to know how to properly calculate an exempt employee's rate of pay so you can pay him for his accrued vacation hours, as well as a partial...
Employer Obligations Regarding Paid Sick Leave Beyond the obligation to calculate accrued paid sick leave accurately using one of the permitted calculation methods, and the obligation to pay employees according to their accrued sick leave, California laws place additional obligations on employers that help...