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,...
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California’s legislature covered a wide array of labor and employment law topics in the 2024 legislative session. The laws discussed below were signed into law by Governor Newsom and will become effective on January 1, 2025,...more Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … California Meal...
In addition,“exempt employees” under California wage and hour law(who are exempt fromCalifornia laws on meal/rest breaksand overtime pay) typically have to earn at least the minimum wage as one of the conditions of the exemption. 4. Do minimum wage laws apply to waiters and other employee...
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Categories:California Wage-Hour Law,State Wage and Hour Laws Heather M. Domingo On August 1, 2024, inTurrieta v. Lyft et al.,the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff in a Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) action does not have a right to intervene -- or to object to ...
California's wage and hour law continues to develop at a rapid pace, withappellate courts issuing many key decisions in the past two years concerning remedies formeal period violations, tip pooling, class certification standards, pre-certificationdiscovery, and overtime misclassification. The California...
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Wage and Hour Lawyer: You are entitled to be paid minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime pay for exceeding a set number of hours per week (typically 40). Meal and rest breaks may also be compensated depending on your location and employer. ...
California Overtime Under California labor law, nonexempt employees cannot be employed for more than eight hours in a workday or 40 hours in a workweek without receiving time-and-a-half for those extra hours worked. Employees who work more than 12 hours in a workday or more than eight hou...