Category: Compensation

California Supreme Court Clarifies Good-Faith Defense to Unpaid Wage Claims
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Posted in Compensation Minimum Wage

California Supreme Court Clarifies Good-Faith Defense to Unpaid Wage Claims

Typically, employees who prove minimum wage violations are entitled to liquidated damages. Recently though, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion clarifying employers’ good-faith defense…

Ninth Circuit Validates Employers’ Piece-Rate Compensation Plan
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Ninth Circuit Validates Employers’ Piece-Rate Compensation Plan

California law imposes special conditions on employers who choose to compensate employees on a “piece-rate” or per task basis. For example, these employees must receive…

Paycheck Direct Deposit: Offer, But Don’t Mandate
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Posted in Compensation Wage and Hour

Paycheck Direct Deposit: Offer, But Don’t Mandate

In 2025, we would like to pay all our employees by direct deposit. We have a couple of employees who do not have direct deposit,…

Tiny Religious Figurines, Disciplining Rude Supervisors and More Recent Labor Law Helpline Questions
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Posted in Compensation Discipline Discrimination Harassment

Tiny Religious Figurines, Disciplining Rude Supervisors and More Recent Labor Law Helpline Questions

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, Senior Employment Law Counsel Erika Barbara and Employment Law Subject Matter Expert…

WATCH Out! It’s Daylight Saving Time (DST) Again
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Posted in Compensation

WATCH Out! It’s Daylight Saving Time (DST) Again

Alarm clock, microwave, oven, car radio, wristwatch… if it’s not a smart device, you’ll soon be hunting down clocks to set forward an hour —…

Pay for Jury Duty Depends on Employee Status: Exempt or Nonexempt
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Posted in Compensation

Pay for Jury Duty Depends on Employee Status: Exempt or Nonexempt 

One of our exempt managers has requested leave to attend jury duty. Do we have to allow him to go on jury duty and if…

California Wildfires: Key Employer Responsibilities for Worker Health and Pay
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Posted in Compensation Health and Safety Time Off Workplace Safety

California Wildfires: Key Employer Responsibilities for Worker Health and Pay

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Labor and Employment General Counsel Bianca Saad and CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts discuss wildfire-related regulations and…

What Employers Need to Know During Southern California Wildfires
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Posted in Compensation Workplace Safety

What Employers Need to Know During Southern California Wildfires

The Palisades Fire — and the other devasting Southern California wildfires — are severely impacting lives and property leading California Governor Gavin Newsom to issue…

2025 IRS Business Mileage Rate Increases
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Posted in Compensation

2025 IRS Business Mileage Rate Increases

On December 19, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service released the 2025 optional standard mileage rates, which are used to calculate the deductible costs of operating…

2025 Federal Social Security, California SDI Taxable Wage Base
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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…