Wage and Hour Law - California Style 2015

Topics

• Overtime: California has daily and weekly overtime and daily and weekly double time. Learn how to determine when it’s straight time, overtime or double time
• Wage orders: How to determine which of the 17 wages orders applies to your company?
• Minimum wage: How do credits for meals and lodging or tips affect the current minimum wage for the state?
• Alternative workweeks: Are your employees eligible to have alternative workweeks and are employers required to offer them?
• Reporting or show up pay: does the employer owe wages to any employee for just showing up to work? Even if there is no work to be performed?
• On call pay: Does California require it for all employees all the time?
• What are the requirements for posters and payday notices?
• Split shifts: Are there monetary requirements to pay the employee extra if they work a split shift?
• What notices are required to be given to employees upon hire or if they are laid off or terminated? What if they go on leave of absence?
• What must be included in the employee`s paystub and what must be excluded?
• What methods are permitted to pay employees? Are there rules for direct deposit? Can employees be paid by payroll debit card?
• How often must employees be paid in California? Does it apply to all categories of employees?
• Are meal and rest periods required or left up to the employer`s policies? If required what are the penalties if employees do not receive his or her meal or rest period?
• What are the rules for paying out the final paycheck if an employee is terminated? Are they the same if the employee quits? How does either one affect the vacation time left on the books?
• Permissible deductions from pay
• Recordkeeping requirements including required time card punches
• New: mandatory sick leave law for 2015

Who should Attend

• Human resources department
• Payroll professionals
• Business owners
• Accounting personnel
• Attorneys
• Lawmakers