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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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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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Calculating Your Inside Salesperson Exempt Status
Determining if a salesperson is exempt or non-exempt in California comes down to these basic factors: 1) For outside salespersons, 50% of their time must be spent away from the business making sales calls. 2) For inside salespersons, their salary must be at least 1.5 times minimum wage, and at least 50% of their pay must in commissions. It’s fairly easy to determine the time an outside salesperson spends away from the business, but determining whether your … Read entire article »
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Splitting Hairs: Getting Split-Shift Pay Right in California
I admit I didn’t know the following about split-shifts. The issue has never come up in my own experience, and it was only after reading the following from HR California CalChamber that I learned about the extra time employers must pay when they schedule employees for split-shifts: ————————- A split-shift is defined as a work schedule that is interrupted by unpaid, nonworking periods established by the employer, other than bona fide rest or meal periods. The number … Read entire article »
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