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NY: Bonuses Owed to Employees After Termination

NY: Bonuses Owed to Employees After Termination Riley worked at a law firm and had an agreement with the law firm for her to receive a bonus if she exceeded a set amount of actual legal fees generated by her work.  The agreement with Riley conditioned payment of the bonus...

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Arbitration Agreements/Employee Handbooks – Update Yours

Arbitration Agreements/Employee Handbooks – Update Yours A new case (Ford v. The Silver F, Inc.) highlights how California employee handbooks with outdated arbitration language can undermine an employer's ability to require arbitration of employee claims, even when the legal landscape shifted in the employer’s favor in 2022 with the U.S....

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2025 IRS Mileage

2025 IRS Mileage On December 19, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service issued its annual notice[1] of the 2025 standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, moving, and charitable purposes.  For employers, that is, the mileage that employers should pay employees for business...

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California Limits When Employers Can Require Driver’s Licenses

California Limits When Employers Can Require Driver’s Licenses California has another new law.  It restricts when employers with five or more employees can say in a job posting or advertisement that a candidate must have a driver’s license.  As of January 1, 2025, it is an unlawful employment practice for...

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CALIFORNIA PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACT (PAGA) CHANGES

CALIFORNIA PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACT (PAGA) CHANGES Employers:  the California Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) is being amended to impose new limits on who can bring a PAGA action and the scope of Labor Code violations that a plaintiff employee can pursue; it will also create caps on penalties for...

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CALIFORNIA UPDATES: TWO MANDATORY PAMPHLETS REQUIRED FOR NEW HIRES

CALIFORNIA UPDATES: TWO MANDATORY PAMPHLETS REQUIRED FOR NEW HIRES California made updates to two crucial pamphlets that employers are required to provide to new hires. (1) The “TIME of Hire” pamphlet provided by the California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Worker’s Compensation and (2) the “For Your Benefit” pamphlet...

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EASIER FOR CA EMPLOYEES TO PROVE EMPLOYER RETALIATION

EASIER FOR CA EMPLOYEES TO PROVE EMPLOYER RETALIATION California’s Equal Pay and Anti-Retaliation Protection Act is effective January 1, 2024 and amends certain provisions of the California Labor Code to create a rebuttable presumption of retaliation by the employer in favor of the employee, if an employee experiences an “adverse...

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JOINT EMPLOYER: NEW RULE

JOINT EMPLOYER:  NEW RULE A “joint employer” is when different entities exercise enough control over a worker that they have each formed an employment relationship with that worker. Thus, one worker could be an employee of multiple entities, even if those entities are not associated with one another (think, for...

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