California employers must include nondiscretionary payments made to employees when making premium payments for missing meal or rest periods, the state’s highest court has ruled in a decision with retroactive application.
A bartender at Loews Hollywood Hotel, Jessica Ferra was paid on an hourly basis and also received quarterly nondiscretionary incentive payments.
In California, The "Regular Rate" for Meal and Rest Period Premium Pay and Overtime Are Now
For decades in the twentieth century, California’s Industrial Welfare Commission (“IWC”) wage orders required employers to provide employees with meal and rest breaks. However, the rules had no real teeth.
In 1999, the Legislature and Governor enacted Assembly Bill 60 (“AB 60”), the Eight-Hour Day Restoration and Workplace Flexibility Act. Effective in 2000, the legislation generally reinstated daily overtime after eight hours in a workday in California.
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A coming shift in the political winds could prove to be a windfall for entry- and mid-level workers—and a hefty bill for agencies across the country. The Biden administration is reexamining the overtime pay threshold, which delineates which U.S.
The "always on the clock" mentality is rampant in the ad industry, particularly since the beginning of the pandemic, but most agency employees have been exempted from overtime pay.
California overtime law could put sheep ranching operations that prevent fire out of business
Residents of San Anselmo’s Sleepy Hollow neighborhood joined rancher Bianca Soares to watch a herd of 400 goats and sheep tumble over a steep Marin hillside.
“Can I encourage you to get closer to the houses?” a neighbor asked Soares, who was overseeing the herd’s move from one grazing site to another this month.
Alert: California Supreme Court Concludes Calculation of Meal and Rest Period Premiums Based on
Under California law, nonexempt employees are entitled to certain meal and rest periods during the workday.
Until recently, many employers and lower courts have interpreted the “regular rate of compensation” for premium pay to be just the employee’s base hourly wage, and have paid meal and rest break premiums accordingly.
Investigation: East St. Louis failed to pay police overtime | State and Regional | pantagraph.com
EAST ST. LOUIS — The city of East St. Louis violated labor standards for not tracking or paying police overtime hours, according to a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
According to a recent news release, the city's police department had employees sign a document agreeing to forgo pay for working overtime because it didn't have the funds to pay them. The labor department said the city violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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