Female workers in California will get new tools to challenge gender-based wage gaps under legislation signed into law Tuesday that supporters say offers the strongest equal-pay protection in the nation. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed the measure while surrounded by women and girls at an event at Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park in Richmond, …
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Effective July 1, 2015, the Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 or the CA Paid Sick Leave Law will entitle most employees in California to three days of paid sick leave each year. All California employers must display the following text in an easily readable location on our before the effective date of the law: …
The California Supreme Court in the matter of Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions, Inc., has reversed the California Court of Appeals, ruling that employees on 24 hour shifts must be paid for time sleeping. Historical Perspective Wage and hour claims are today governed by two complementary and occasionally overlapping sources of authority: the provisions of …
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Costa Solutions LLC, a warehouse service provider to the HEB grocery chain, has agreed to pay $146,459 in overtime back wages to 63 current and former employees after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. The investigation, conducted by the division’s San Antonio District Office, found that Costa Solutions violated …
The California legislature on Saturday, August 29, passed the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. Below are the pertinent elements of the law that every employer in California must become familiar with.Sick Leave Entitlement/Accrual/UseIt states that an employee who, on or after July 1, 2015, works in California for 30 or more days within …
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A former Subway sandwich maker in Washington claims his employer used an inventive scheme to avoid paying him overtime: Creating fictional workers.Erwin Zambrano Moya alleges in a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday that the Subway franchise at 2301 Georgia Ave. NW, near Howard University, systematically shortchanged him for the two years ending in June. …
Recently the 2nd District Court of Appeals ruled against Lexmark International, Inc., that its vacation policy violated California Labor Code Section 227.3 which states in pertinent part that an employer’s vacation policy “shall not provide for forfeiture of vested vacation time” and awarded plaintiffs $13 million. Under California law and as affirmed by the court, …
On September 25, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law making California the first state to reach a $10 per hour minimum wage. The new law raises the minimum wage from the current $8 per hour to $9 per hour July 1, 2014, and then to $10 per hour January 1, 2016.This rise …
SPECIAL 2013 LEGAL UPDATE ALERT As part of Holman HR’s continuing efforts to keep you, our client apprised of new legislation, below is a comprehensive list and summary of all new employment laws for 2013 affecting California employers. For our clients who do not operate facilities within California we will also update you as to …
