California Enacts Key Employment Law Changes for 2025 – Don’t Get Sued Call us if you need your employee handbooks updated. Because effective January 1, 2025, California employers must comply with several significant updates to state employment laws. These include increases to minimum salary thresholds for overtime exemptions, amendments to...
Texas Judge Eliminates Federal Overtime Rule - Update A federal judge in Texas entirely eliminated a rule from President Joe Biden’s administration that expanded overtime protections for workers by requiring employers to pay overtime premiums to more salaried people, eliminating one of the highest-profile Labor Department rules enacted during the...
I-9 Verification of Employee Eligibility Reinstated Until COVID-19, employers were required to conduct an in-person inspection of I-9 Section 2 documents for new employees. That required an employee to show a valid passport, driver’s license, and/or social security card in order to verify an employee’s identity and that the employee...
ChatGPT Is Changing the Business World What Does That Mean for The Future of Your Business? ChatGPT is a HOT TOPIC as it can research and write things for you. It was developed by research institute OpenAl and was opened for the public to use for free as artificial intelligence...
Highly Compensated Employees Paid Daily Are Entitled To Overtime Breaking News: The Supreme Court ruled today that highly compensated employees are eligible for overtime pay. The Supreme Court ruled in the case of Helix Energy Solutions Group v. Hewitt that because a former employee was paid on a daily basis...
NEW PAY TRANSPARENCY LAW There is another new law in California effective January 1, 2023 – the wage transparency law under Labor Code 432.3, which requires employers of 15 or more employees to include the pay scale in job postings, and for all employers to provide this information upon request....
Cannabis in the Workplace Effect January 1, 2024, California employers cannot “discriminate” against employees based on the employee’s use of cannabis off-the-clock and away from the workplace. While off-duty use of cannabis is legally protected, the new law does allow employers to fire or suspend workers for possessing, using, or...
THE ERA OF REMOTE WORKER PAY While the era of employee resignations may be ending, the era of remote working is not gone. It is here to stay, and employers must address how to pay remote workers. Historically, the employer’s place of work dictated the pay of employees who worked...
ROE IS GONE – EMPLOYERS REVIEW BENEFITS AND LEAVE POLICIES Undoubtedly, you’ve heard that the US. Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v Wade was issued today, leaving state laws to control the issue. While many employers are not taking a formal position on the issue, many employers are sensitive to...
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS VS EMPLOYEES - UPDATE The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) addresses the misclassification of employees (“Eees”) as independent contractors (“ICs”). There has been a lot of litigation and attorneys fees expended in companies’ misclassifying employees. The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently stated that it will revisit the...