by Adam Treiger | Jun 18, 2025 | Labor, Legal
July 1st is coming around again, which means that in several cities and counties across Southern California, the local minimum wage will increase again. California’s state minimum wage will stay at $16.50 per hour until January 1, 2026, but if an employee works 2 or...
by Adam Treiger | Apr 16, 2025 | Labor, Legal
When a CA employer receives an out of state court order to garnish an employee’s wages, the order should not be ignored. It still will be enforceable against the CA employer if there is jurisdiction over the employer in the state that issued the order. How do you...
by Adam Treiger | Mar 19, 2025 | Labor, Legal
Much has been happening concerning the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) lately. First, on February 18, 2025, the preliminary injunctions against the CTA were lifted by the courts pending appeal. However, the multiple lawsuits continue forward seeking to invalidate...
by Adam Treiger | May 15, 2024 | Labor, Legal
In April 2024, the U.S. Dept. of Labor increased the minimum salary to be exempt from federal overtime requirements to $43,888 per year, or $844 per week. This does not affect CA exemption minimum salary requirements, which currently are much higher than the federal...
by Adam Treiger | Apr 20, 2024 | Labor, Legal
Are stock option grants “wages” under California law? The recent case of Shaw v. Skillz, Inc. answers that question in the negative – i.e., holding that stock option grants are not “wages” under the CA Labor Code. The CA Labor Code defines “wages” as “all amounts for...
by Adam Treiger | Feb 27, 2024 | Labor, Legal
For a long time, the rule in California was that employers could legally round employee time punches to the nearest five minutes, one-tenth or one-quarter of an hour. However, two recent Court of Appeal decisions have questioned that long-standing rule. First, in...
