Insight & Commentary on California Workplace Law Issues & Developments
As we move into what many refer to as the holiday season, employers may have questions about handling wages and the holidays. Here are four things for employers to understand about holidays and pay for hourly (non-exempt) employees.
As we approach the holiday season, employers may have uncertainty about handling holiday pay and related issues with holiday closures.
Under California law, hours worked on holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays are treated like hours worked on any other day of the week. In other words, there is no requirement that employers pay an employee a…
Two Assembly Bills addressing employee wages in California recently were referred to legislative committees in late January and early February 2015. Although early in the legislative process, both could have a palpable impact on employers doing business in California.
Senate Bill 3 – Minimum Wages
The first, Senate Bill (SB) 3, proposes to increase minimum wages twice more over the next two years. Specifically, SB 3 seeks an increase to $11 per hour effective January 1, 2016, and then $13 per hour effective July 1, 2017. Further, the bill proposes an annual automatic minimum wage adjustment, beginning January 1, 2019, to correspond with the rate of inflation, unless the average percentage of inflation for the previous year was negative. Thus, should SB 3 pass, employers can expect multiple additional minimum wage increases over the next two years, followed by potential annual increases every year thereafter.
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