California Wage and Hour Law Compliance: Payroll Unique to the Golden State

FREMONT, Calif. - July 2, 2014 - PRLog -- Instructor: Vicki M. Lambert

Description:

This 90 minute California Wage and Hour Compliance training will help you understand the complexities surrounding California Wage and Hour Law Compliance and how it affects the function of any payroll department or company that has employees in California.

It has been said that California has a style all its own. This is especially true in the area of employment law. With arguably the greatest amount of wage and hour laws on the books of any state, processing payroll and keeping in compliance with California requirements can be a complex situation. Issues involving daily and weekly overtime and double time, split shifts, call-backs, meals and rest periods, donning and doffing, travel time, local minimum wage and countless other potential snares and pitfalls await the unwary employer! And what about wage orders verses labor law, which one takes priority? And which of the 17 wage orders am I under in the first place? All these questions must be answered correctly to ensure compliance.

But even California can sometimes follow the federal rules. This is especially true when it comes to the actual math needed to calculating overtime including the definition of regular rate of pay, workweek and workday. California is however, a sovereign state so it also has its own requirements for areas of wage and hour law that the federal does not address including paycheck stub requirements and posting regulations. And don't forget the Anti-theft wage law passed recently in the state. So the payroll professional processing payroll in California must be familiar with both the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the California Labor law and know when which one takes priority. With all these different factors to contend with when processing California payrolls the department must be very diligent for if it fails to comply or commits the tiniest infraction, serious penalties can and do occur.

Why Should you Attend:
Attend this 90 minute presentation to keep yourself informed and educated on California requirements. Learn what you should know to protect yourself, your department and your company from these potentially disastrous situations!

Objectives of the Presentation:
To understand and be able to process payroll in California in compliance with current California wage and hour laws and regulations including:
Wage orders: How to determine which of the 17 wages orders applies to your company?
Overtime: CA has daily and weekly overtime and daily and weekly double time. Learn how to determine when it's straight time, overtime or double time.
Alternative workweeks: Are your employees eligible to have alternative workweeks and are employers required to offer them?
Minimum Wage: What is the new minimum wage effective in 2014 and beyond? How do credits for meals and lodging or tips affect the current minimum wage for the state and how will this be changed by the increases scheduled?
On call pay: Does CA require it for all employees all the time?
Reporting or show up pay: does the employer owe wages to any employee for just showing up to work? Even if there is no work to be performed?
Split shifts: Is there a monetary requirements to pay the employee extra if they work a split shift?
What are the requirements for posters and payday notices?
What must be included in the employee's paystub and what must be excluded?
What notices are required to be given to employees upon hire or if they are laid off or terminated. What if they go on leave of absence?
How often must employees be paid in CA? Does it apply to all categories of employees?
What methods are permitted to pay employees? Are there rules for direct deposit? Can employees be paid by payroll debit card?
What are the rules for paying out the final paycheck if an employee is terminated? Are they the same if the employee quits? How does either one affect the vacation time left on the books?
Are meal and rest periods required or left up to the employer's policies?If required what are the penalties if the employees does not receive his or her meal or rest period.
Recordkeeping requirements including required time card punches.
Permissible deductions from pay.

Who can Benefit:
Payroll professionals
Human Resources
Accounting Personnel
Business Owners
Lawmakers
Attorneys
Any individual or entity that must deal with the complexities and technicalities of California Wage and Hour law and compliance issues in the payroll process

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