How To Comply with California Wage & Hour Laws (Download)

BLR's fully revised and updated HR Management & Compliance Report, How To Comply with California Wage & Hour Law,covers everything you need to know to stay in compliance with the state's complex and ever-changing rules, laws and regulations in this area.

This information-packed 170+ page guide, written by an experienced California employment lawyer, features in-depth coverage of all the topics you need to know about in an easy-read, quick-reference style:

• The California Labor Code vs. the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Who the California wage/hour laws apply to
• The Wage Orders that cover your organization
• Hours of work—including travel time, make-up time, meal and rest periods, and the definition of "hours worked"
• The rules for hourly, salary, and piece-rate pay
• Bonuses, profit-sharing plans, and tips
• Overtime and double-time wages
• Alternative workweeks
• Tools and equipment, uniforms, and work-related expenses and losses
• Paid time off—vacation, PTO, holidays, and sick leave
• Unpaid time off
• When and how employees must be paid
• Payment of final wages upon termination
• Deductions from pay
• Recordkeeping requirements
• Pay-related discrimination
• A brand-new appendix of breaking wage/hour developments from the past year that you need to know about
• And much more!

Plus, the latest updates found in this edition:

• How an employer may be found jointly liable for its contractor’s violations of wage-and-hour, workers’ comp, and occupational safety laws
• How the minimum wage increase on January 1, 2016 will affect the salary threshold for exempt employees – and how the new federal overtime regulations may affect exemptions
• How a California Supreme Court decision may affect the “one day in seven” rest requirement
• The effect of the state supreme court’s ruling on sleep time that counts as “hours worked”
• The effect of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on post-shift activities as compensable work
• Minimum wage increases in San Francisco, San Jose, and other California cities
• How a decision by the state supreme court affects the timing of commission payments
• New wage statement requirements under California paid sick leave law
• Information on reimbursing employees who use their cell phones for work
• Learn about expanded protection from retaliation for whistleblowers

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