Category: Compensation
2025 Federal Social Security, California SDI Taxable Wage Base, Withholding Rates
The federal Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced their 2025 cost-of-living adjustments for the Social Security taxable wage base and withholding rate. California’s Employment Development Department…
Don’t Forget to ‘Fall Back’ Sunday as Daylight Saving Time (DST) Ends
Enjoy that extra hour of sleep this weekend! At 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 3, the clock “falls back” one hour as daylight saving time…
2025 Licensed Physicians, Computer Professionals Rates
On January 1, 2025, the overtime exemption rates for computer software employees and licensed physicians will increase — so employers need to make sure that…
Job Duties, Compensation Keys to Computer Professional Exemption
We would like to make our information technology (IT) manager an exempt employee. May we use the computer professional exemption for this purpose? As with…
Ninth Circuit Preserves FLSA De Minimis Rule
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revisited a timekeeping case centered around a dispute over whether an employee “booting up”…
CalChamber PAGA Wage & Hour Compliance Toolkit on Sale Now
To help businesses comply with the newly enacted Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) reform legislation, the California Chamber of Commerce has put together a PAGA Wage…
Key 2024 Court Cases Affecting Employers
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and Employment Law Subject Matter Expert Vanessa Greene discuss three recent court…
Good Faith Defense Upheld for Wage Statement Penalties
In a win for employers, the California Supreme Court recently held that if an employer reasonably and in good faith believed it was providing a…
Stock Options Are Not “Wages” in California
In startup businesses, it’s not uncommon for employees to accept less cash compensation in exchange for stock options — the option to buy the company…
Fast Food Minimum Wage Law Exceptions Added
On March 25, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 610 (AB 610) — an urgency measure effective upon signing — that creates additional exceptions to…
