Topics for this Month include:

• Changes to the Law to Remember for 2019
• Unenforceable Non-Solicitation Agreements
• Armendariz Requirements Expanded to Non-Employee Arbitration Agreements
• When Commute Time is Compensatory
• And more . . .

Don’t forget these new requirements going into effect in 2019:

• Minimum wage increase: State minimum wage increases to $12 per hour for employers with 26+ employees and $11 per hour for employers with 25 or less employees. This also means minimum salary to be exempt is now $49,920 for large employers and $45,760 for small employers.

Topics for this Month include:

– Summary of New Employment Laws for 2019

– A “Split Decision” on Applying Dynamex’s “ABC” Test

– Individual Liability for PAGA Penalties

– And more . . .

Legislative/Regulatory Update

This is it – the moment you have been waiting for. Here is a list of the bills Governor Brown signed into law in September that will become effective on January 1, 2019:

AB 1565:       Modifies Labor Code §218.7 regarding construction contractors’ liability for subcontractor’s failure to pay wages or benefits; requires contracts to identify documentation required to be provided before withholding payments to subcontractor pursuant to §218.7. Read More

Topics for this Month include:

– CA Supreme Court Rejects De Minimis Doctrine

– Rounding Policies

– Unions Can No Longer Require Non-Members to Pay Fees

– Update on CA Employment Law Related Bills

– And more . . .

Federal De Minimis Doctrine Not Recognized in California

In another significant blow to California employers, the California Supreme Court has held that the state’s Labor Code and Wage Orders do not recognize the federal de minimis doctrine, under which employers do not have to pay employees for work-related activities amounting to an insignificant amount of time if it is too burdensome to keep track of that time.  Read More

Topics for this Month include:

– California Employment Bills That Passed First Chamber

– U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Class Action Waivers

– New Test to Determine Employee vs. Independent Contractor

– Clarifications on Itemized Wage Statement Violations

June 2, 2018 was the deadline for a bill to pass the first chamber.  Here is where we are:

• AB 1867: Requires employers with 50+ employees to retain records of sexual harassment complaints for ten years.