What –Minimum wage increase and exempt salary increase, effective January 1, 2023 Statewide Minimum Wage California’s minimum wage for all employers regardless of size increased to $15.50 per hour. Exempt Employee Minimum Salaries The minimum salary threshold for exempt employees increased to $1,24...
Generally, an employer can reduce an employee’s salary for any lawful reason. No specific California labor law exists to prohibit him from doing this. However, an employer cannot reduce an employee’s salary to an amount below the current minimum wage. California Salary Laws: Overtime In Cali...
Minimum Wage Increases:As of Jan. 1, 2023, the California state minimum wage will increase to $15.50 for all employers, regardless of employee headcount. This also means that as of Jan. 1, 2023, exempt employees in California must be paid a minimum annual salary of $64,480. "Living wa...
The use of cannabis has been lawful in California since 2016. Two new laws take effect January 1 that restrict an employer’s ability to take action against an employee for off-duty (and off-site) cannabis use. Nothing in these new laws – or any law – protect an employee who is unde...
will have to earn a monthly salary equivalent to no less than: (1) 150% of the applicable health care worker minimum wage or (2) 200% of the State’s generally-applicable minimum wage—whichever is greater—for full-time employment in order to qualify as exempt under California’s laws....
Laws Impact California EmployersExamines the impact of labor laws on employers in California. Salary of exempt employees; Family temporary disability insurance; Employee leaves of absence.Heredia, Maria CristinaCramp, Edward MPenner,...
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...
discriminating against an employee, regardless of whether a complaint has been filed. Upon a finding that there is “reasonable cause” that a violation of the law occurred, the department will be able to obtain an injunction ordering reinstatement of the employee pending resolution of the ...
$200 per employee for a subsequent violation.22 Job applicants’ wage history California SB 1162 also forbids all employers from seeking a job applicant’s salary history. Employers cannot ask about your prior compensation or other benefits orally or in writing, and cannot have an agent ask on ...
The California code does not yet address the situation where an employee discloses the salary of another without their permission. However, the Equal Pay Act that goes into effect on January 1, 2016, will include a provision stating that an employer shall not prohibit an employee from ...