WINDOW CLOSES TODAY! Employers who wish to take advantage of the safe harbor provision of California’s new piece rate legislation, must provide notice to the Director of Industrial Relations by July 28, 2016. The...more
On Monday, July 25, 2016, the Fresno County Superior Court denied a request to postpone the deadline for qualified employers to notify the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) of their election to participate in the...more
On June 30, 2016, Judge Jeffrey Hamilton of the California Superior Court in Fresno County granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the enforcement of various aspects of California’s new piece-rate pay statute,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A court has temporarily suspended the deadline for employers to elect the statutory “safe harbor” for purposes of complying with recent legislation that makes it even more difficult for employers that pay...more
Piece-rate employers in California have faced a surge of class action lawsuits in recent years seeking substantial sums for the failure to separately pay for rest breaks and nonproductive time. On January 1, 2016, California...more
As 2015 drew to a close, the DLSE issued several publications regarding California’s new piece-rate legislation, AB 1513, reminding California employers that it is now even more difficult to pay employees on a piece-rate...more
On October 10th, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill No. 1513, which creates new burdensome rules for employers that utilize piece-rate employees in California. Effective January 1, 2016, the new law (which...more
Assembly Bill (“AB”) 1513, will significantly change the requirements governing the payment of piece-rate compensation in California beginning January 1, 2016. AB 1513 creates Labor Code section 226.2 which sets forth...more
Two new laws—both related to employee wage statements—give California employers a safe harbor opportunity to avoid costly liability for small, technical, unintentional, or short-lived violations. Assembly Bill No. 1506 (AB...more
On October 10, 2015, the Governor signed AB 1513, which, effective January 1, 2016, will add Section 226.2 to the Labor Code. Section 226.2 will make it even more difficult for California employers to pay employees on a...more
Experts are predicting a 95% chance of heavier-than-usual seasonal rainfall this year in Southern California based on the phenomenon known as “El Niño.” Did the California Legislature and its Governor produce a comparable...more
On October 10, 2015, Governor Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr. signed into law legislation that re-writes the definition and rules governing the payment of piece-rate compensation in California. Assembly Bill (AB) 1513 creates new...more
The California Legislature adjourned its 2015 regular session early last Saturday morning. It is now up to Governor Brown to sign or veto the last of the Legislature’s 2015 work product. He has until Sunday, October 11, to...more