If you’re a salaried store manager, administrative assistant, or other “white collar” employee, chances are your employer doesn’t pay you overtime—no matter how many hours you work in a given week. But new federal rules that take effect this December will raise the overtime salary threshold and force employers to start paying overtime to millions more salaried white collar workers. Will you be one of them? Federal law requires that most employees get paid at time-and-a-half if they work more … [Read more...]
California Minimum Wage by City: Local Rates Boost Pay for Hourly Workers
More than 77 million workers in the United States aged 16 or older were paid hourly wages in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those 77 million-plus workers make up more than 58 percent of the American work force. In California, more than 9 million workers were paid hourly wages in 2014, representing more than 60 percent of all workers in the state. As of January 1, 2016, California’s minimum wage is $10.00 per hour. The federal minimum wage is, by contrast, is only … [Read more...]
California Commission Pay Laws: Employers Cannot Avoid Overtime by Shifting Commission Timing
California commission pay laws are part of a broad set of laws, rules and regulations the state uses to protect employee working conditions. California employers must pay their employees a minimum hourly wage and one-and-a-half times the minimum wage for overtime work of more than 8 hours in a day or more than 40 hours in a workweek. The Commissioned-Employee Exception to Overtime Certain exceptions apply to California’s overtime pay rules, however. One important exception is for employees who … [Read more...]
California Paid Sick Leave Law: What Most Employees Are Entitled To
Under California’s paid sick leave law, with some limited exceptions, California employees are now entitled to accrue and take paid sick leave. California is the second state in the nation to mandate paid sick leave for its employees; Connecticut was the first. But unlike in Connecticut, California’s new paid sick leave law applies to employers of every size. Here’s how California’s new paid sick leave law works: To accrue paid sick leave with a particular employer, an employee must work for … [Read more...]
Employee vs Independent Contractor: How California Law Protects Workers
California protects working conditions for employees in the state through a broad set of laws, rules and regulations. For example, California employers must pay their employees a minimum hourly wage (now at $9.00 per hour) and, generally speaking, one-and-a-half times the minimum wage for overtime work of more than 8 hours in a day or more than 40 hours in a workweek. There are exceptions for professional, managerial or technical employees who are exempt from the minimum wage laws. Employers in … [Read more...]