This year has brought many changes that will impact all California employers. This annual report from Greenberg Glusker’s Employment Department summarizes some of the most important employment law developments that will affect California employers in the upcoming year. We look forward to working with you in 2016!

Employer’s Right to Cure Wage Statements (Effective Immediately)

Current law requires an employer to provide its employees with wage statements containing specific information, including dates of the pay period and the identity of the legal entity that is the employer, either semimonthly or at the time of each wage payment. Under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), an employee may bring a civil action to recover specified civil penalties that would otherwise be assessed and collected by the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, including claims relating to an employer’s failure to provide accurate or timely wage statements.