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Free White Paper Explaining the New California Commission Agreement Law
Beginning this year California employers have had to have written agreements on file for commission-earning employees. If you haven’t yet complied, or if you have questions about the new law, you can download a white paper from CalChamber that explains the law and what employers must do to comply. The white paper can be found here. … Read entire article »
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Human Trafficking Notice Requirement for California Employers
Another notice is being required in California; this one is about human trafficking. An example of the notice can be found here, and more information about the requirement is below: SB 1193 & Civil Code Section 52.6 – Posting of Public Notices Regarding Slavery and Human Trafficking Introduction Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It involves controlling a person through force, fraud, or coercion to exploit the victim for forced labor, sexual exploitation, or both. Human … Read entire article »
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Productivity Tool or Big Brother?
If you haven’t seen it, the Independent ran an article by Kevin Rawlinson about Tesco and their use of “armbands” to increase the productivity of its employees. Tesco claims the armbands are an efficiency tool, but a former employee claims the armbands are used to keep an eye on how hard individual employees are working. The armbands, according to the same former employee, allow Tesco to “score” employees by comparing the time allotted to a particular … Read entire article »
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New California Requirement for Employers
Starting January 1, 2012, California employers are required to provide nonexempt employees with specific wage information at the time of hire. The new Wage Theft Protection Act of 2011 amends the Labor Code to add section 2810.5, which requires a written notice to nonexempt employees at the time of hire. The notice contains information about rates of pay, the legal name of the employer, information about the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier, and more. Naturally, any new requirement … Read entire article »
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A List of Required Documents for California
Over the years I’ve put together a list of documents you need to supply California employees. It comes in handy, believe me. Here is my list so far (you can also download it here): NEW HIRES 1. State Disability Insurance Provisions (DE 2515). This pamphlet explains an employee’s disability insurance rights and must be distributed to all new hires and again when an employee takes a non-work related disability leave. 2. Workers’ Compensation Rights and Benefits Pamphlets. Give all … Read entire article »
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Written Contracts Required for California Commissioned Employees Starting in 2013
Our California governor, Jerry Brown, has been busy signing into law a number of bills lately. This latest one, AB 1396, is important to any California employer who employs commissioned salespeople. Starting January 1, 2013, any California employee earning a commission must have a written contract that clearly spells out the terms and conditions of the commissions. No doubt this new law was designed in part to help cut down the amount of litigation involved over commission … Read entire article »
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California Pregnancy Disability Leave Now Entitled to Four Months of Extended Health Coverage
California has upped the benefits for employees this week with SB 299, which extends group health coverage to employees on pregnancy disability leave for up to four months. Employers with 5 or more employees must continue to offer any group health coverage in place at the start of the leave. There can be no changes: if the employer is paying 100%, it must continue to do so. If the employer pays a portion, it must continue … Read entire article »
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Get Out The Vote Or Face The Consequences
Originally posted back in August, this post bears repeating since we have the upcoming elections this Tuesday:No doubt these are very political times and analysts are predicting a record voter turnout for the upcoming November elections. How will this affect your business? Well, the California Elections Code mandates you give employees up to 2 hours of paid leave to cast their vote. This is only if their work schedule doesn’t permit enough time to vote. However, if … Read entire article »
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Paid Family Leave: Leave “Leave” Out of It
Paid Family Leave (PFL) is one of the most misunderstood benefits in California. Employees commonly think PFL is another protected leave, such as FMLA, CFRA or PDL (see below for the alphabet soup definitions), and many times you’ll hear employees say, “I’m going to take my PFL leave.” But PFL is not a leave; it’s a benefit payment taken while out on a qualifying leave. Confusing? Sure, and it would have been better if California had … Read entire article »
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