California workers' compensation rates expected to remain flat in 2024. California State Fund announced a 9.5% rate reduction due to a decrease in claims costs in 2022. The Department of Insurance has approved the rate filing. Private insurance companies are likely to follow suit in order to rem...
Oakland, CA – California’s State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose nearly 3.8 percent in the year ending March 31, 2024, which will result in an increase in California workers’ compensation temporary total disability (TTD) and permanent total disabi...
California employers must ensure that compensation rates for computer professionals meet new salary thresholds, effective January 1, 2023. As inflation continues to rise, so too have the minimum wage thresholds for the California Computer Professional exemption.[1]Indeed, ...
California Wage & Hour Laws – What Workers Need to Know If you are employed in California, you have the legal right to compensation if your employer violates wage and hour laws. You can bring a labor board complaint, file a wage/hour lawsuit in California court, or join a wage/hour cla...
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 88, No. 4 April 2023 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Lex...
October 17, 2023 California employers must ensure that compensation rates for exempt computer professionals meet updated salary thresholds, as of January 1, 2024. The minimum wage thresholds for the California computer professional exemption have been raised in line with inflation...
Discussions about possible systemwide reforms were overshadowed in the last few years by the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Gavin Newsom declared that he intends to end the COVID-19 state of emergency in February 2023, so it is likely that discussions about workers’ compensation reform will re-em...
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The inevitable march of time . . . and new requirements for California employers. 2023 is here! Give a cheer! Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions or requests for assistance. COMPENSATION Pay Transparency. Employers of 15 or more employees must affirmatively include the pay scale...
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