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California Family Rights Act (CFRA)SB 1383 This is California’s equivalent to the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).  California has now significantly expanded its CFRA: Covered “Employer” Expanded – CFRA used to apply only to employers with 50 or more employees.  This now applies to employers…Read More

Since 2012, California businesses have been hammered by adverse compensation rulings. Incentive compensation plans have been under fire. It seems the California legislature (and courts) think everyone should be paid solely on an hourly basis. Finally California employers have an court opinion that supports incentive-based…Read More

A new California law just changed the ball game for in home care for the elderly who are unable to care for themselves. What happens when your parent would like to remain in their own home but they cannot care for themselves and need someone to…Read More

Here’s another reason for California employers to know their California minimum wage obligations and to comply with them. For a while now, a failure to pay minimum wage carried with it the penalty of having to pay not only the minimum wages owed but “liquidated…Read More

Can an employer and employee agree to litigate wage claims before an arbitrator rather than the Labor Commissioner? Two days ago, the California Supreme Court issued its Sonic-Calabasas II decision that was supposed to answer that question.  But the case creates more confusion in an already uncertain and…Read More