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Overtime wages are a crucial form of employee protection. By requiring that companies compensate workers at 150% of their typical hourly wage or more when they work a lot of hours, the government helps to curb abusive employment schedules. Otherwise, companies could...
There are times when people work in the gray area of the law in terms of employment contracts and their workers. A client may come to you to suggest an independent contracting arrangement, but if they treat you more like an employee than third-party vendor, there may...
As a worker, you always have rights. Many of these rights are stated in your employment contract. Unfortunately, many employees fail to assert their rights when they are beached because they are simply not aware of them. This is why it is always important to first be...
Overtime wages help compensate people who have to put in a lot of hours during any given workweek. They also help deter employers from running their staff completely ragged. By requiring that companies pay at least 150% of someone's standard hourly wage for hours over...
Farmworkers in California will soon see changes to the wage and hour laws that govern their employment. While most workers in the state must receive overtime pay if they work over eight hours in a day or 40 hours in a week, farmworkers have long been exempted from...
For many years, employees who were not compensated correctly for their work had trouble getting judgments from their employers. In an attempt to remedy this situation, lawmakers in California passed the Fair Day's Pay Act. The law imposed personal liability for...
Some employees in California might wonder how salary legally differs from overtime. Salary is financial compensation that an employee is paid regularly; it does not fluctuate. In contrast, overtime is paid to hourly employees when they work more than a certain number...
Independent contractors have become more common than ever, in large part because of the rise of the Internet. It makes it possible for a lot of jobs that used to get done in a traditional office setting to get done anywhere in the world. As such, employers work with...
The minimum wage is going to increase in California starting on Jan. 1, 2019. On that date, employers that have 26 or more employees will be required to pay workers no less than $12 per hour. Smaller companies will be required to pay workers at least $11 per hour....
Uber drivers in California and Massachusetts were initially awarded $100 million in a 2016 settlement with the company. The claim asked that drivers be classified as employees as opposed to independent contractors. While it was thrown out by a federal court, drivers...
