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The Holiday Pay Playbook: Regular rate, holiday bonuses, and California overtime

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/20/2024

California wage and hour law is never so confusing as during the holiday season. Beyond making sure that employees receive their paychecks on time, employers must correctly determine the “regular rate of pay" so that they can...more

Appeasing The 3-Headed Monster For Incentive-Paid Employees

Fisher Phillips on 10/4/2018

Many California employers are familiar with the three-headed monster of medical leave questions: family medical leave (state and federal), disability leave and accommodation, and workers’ compensation leave. The wage and hour...more

Picking a Fight: How California Makes Employment Law Peculiar

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/24/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: Our mission here at Cal-Pecs is to illuminate how California employment law differs from the law that employers generally experience throughout America. In this back-to-basics piece, we provide some...more

Hot List – What’s Happening in the California Legislature 4/17-4/21

Fisher Phillips on 4/15/2017

Our weekly California Legislature “hot list” provides you with a preview of the bills that are up (as well as other important legislative action) the following week...more

The Resurgence Of The Hourly Rate To Recognize Performance

Fisher Phillips on 4/7/2017

The minimum wage is here to stay, but it has become more complicated to apply to some classes of employees. Until this century, the issue of whether employees are adequately paid at the applicable minimum wage in California...more

California Employment Law Notes - March 2017

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 3/9/2017

Victoria Zetwick, a county correctional officer, alleged that the county sheriff created a sexually hostile environment in violation of Title VII and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act by, among other things,...more