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Insight and analysis on issues that affect California employers

Welcome to my Monday Morning Briefings! A few years ago, in the middle of all the COVID craziness, I really wanted to find a better way to disseminate information to my clients, because the laws kept changing, the world had gone mad, and everyone would call, text, and even message me on social media trying to find out the latest legal developments. So I created this platform to try to keep you as up to date as possible with the ever changing landmines that comprise California employment law, as well as compliance tips I glean from my every day legal practice. 

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Recent Developments

California Passes Several New Employment Laws for 2027

New Statewide Minimum Wage and Salary Test.  California raised its statewide minimum wage to $17.40 effective January 1, 2027, up 50 cents an hour.   That also means that the new salary test for exempt employees increases, to $72,384 annually. Remember, many of you have workers in jurisdictions whose minimum wage already exceeds this figure, or…

Best HR Practices

Ensuring the Enforceability of our Arbitration Agreements

The good news is that the PAGA Reform we passed over two years ago now is starting to impact these cases and settlements.   The bad news is, these attorneys have built an empire on these wage and hour collective actions, and they are not going away that easily.   One of their key maneuvers…

Best HR Practices

Managing the Mindset of a Mobile Workforce

Most of my inspiration for these articles comes from issues raised by my own clients.  This one was sparked by a client who called me, aghast to discover that one of her employees was looking at other job opportunities. “We can terminate her for this, right?” My client was certain that this display of disloyalty…

Wage & Hour

Employees Must be Paid Mileage for Work Related Driving

The last time I wrote about mileage reimbursement was March 2022.  The war in Ukraine had just broken out, and employees were just starting to return to in office work.  Gas prices were up, and people were back on the road.  The IRS mileage reimbursement rate was 58.5 cents. And here we are in late…

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