In This Issue:
- When Social Media Becomes Anti-Social
- SB1255: A New Law That Lacks Common Sense
- Employees Given Greater Access to Personnel Records
- New Law Halts Explicit Mutual Wage Agreements
- Nursing Mothers Now Protected in the Workplace
- AB 1744: Was This Really Necessary?
- Excerpt from SB1255: A New Law That Lacks Common Sense:
In a time when all of the political candidates are talking about how they are trying to stimulate the economy, our California legislature just passed a new law which will definitely make it more difficult to do business in our state. Enacted in 1979, Section 226 of the Labor Code sets forth nine specific items that must be included in the check stub provided with each payment of wages in the State of California. It also provides that an employee who suffers an injury as the result of a knowing and intentional failure by an employer to comply with the check stub requirement is entitled to recover the greater of actual damages, or a sum set by statute, and an award of costs and attorneys’ fees.
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