The following legal update for California employers is brought to you by Firm Partner Sherry B. Shavit. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented, please contact Ms. Shavit direct at telephone number (818) 205-9955; or via email to sshavit@tharpe-howell.com.
LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY UPDATE
Do You Know What the Minimum Wage Is for Your Employees?
Although California has implemented a new statewide minimum wage scheme, many municipalities are adopting their own schedules that either go above and beyond the state’s requirements, or at least accelerates them. Read More
Tharpe & Howell, LLP will be an exhibitor at the California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation Legislative and Educational Forum, to be held at Disney’s Grand California Hotel on July 13-15, 2016, in Anaheim, California. At this 14th annual conference, human resources, health and safety, and risk and claims management professionals will share diverse perspectives on important issues affecting California Workers’ Compensation litigation and business practices. Various attorneys who practice in the Firm’s Workers’ Compensation Defense and Employment and Labor Law Practice Groups, including Firm Partner David Binder and Associate Zena Kalioundji, will be personally manning Tharpe & Howell’s exhibition booth and look forwarding to sharing interesting strategies and ideas with other HR and WC professionals there! Read More
June 02nd, 2016/By Admin/In Blog
The following update for California employers is brought to you by Firm Partner Sherry B. Shavit. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented, please contact Ms. Shavit direct at telephone number (818) 205-9955; or via email to sshavit@tharpe-howell.com.
It’s Finally Here… The Moment You Have All Been Waiting For (or Not)
The mystery is now over. The Department of Labor has finally issued its final overtime regulations, ever so slightly easing the originally proposed requirements, which employers must comply with by December 1, 2016. Read More
May 06th, 2016/By Admin/In Blog
The following update for California employers is brought to you by Firm Partner Sherry B. Shavit. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented, please contact Ms. Shavit direct at telephone number (818) 205-9955; or via email to sshavit@tharpe-howell.com.
Disability Compensation Increases
Last month, I reported that Assembly Bill 908 was placed on Governor Brown’s desk, seeking to revise the formula for determining disability benefits available under the unemployment disability benefits law and the family temporary disability insurance program. Read More
April 07th, 2016/By Admin/In Blog
The following article on New Regulations and Case Law affecting California employers is brought to you by Firm Partner Sherry B. Shavit. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented, please contact Ms. Shavit direct at telephone number (818) 205-9955; or via email to sshavit@tharpe-howell.com.
Minimum Wage is on the Rise!
On April 4, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown enacted Senate Bill No. 3, to gradually increase the minimum wage for workers in California up through 2023. Read More
