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PAYSTUB PERGATORY The PAGA Perils of Not Paying Attention

We have many wonderful clients who over decades have built thriving businesses from scratch. There is joy in what they do, good managers working insane hours, with many trusted, well-paid employees who have hung-in for years, through good times and otherwise.

SHOWING UP Contributing to Education and the Future in West Africa

First the dream, hard work to follow.

CAUTIONARY TALE EPISODE 95 NOT SO FAST Feds Seek to Slow FedEx Remote Work Elimination for Disabled Employees

On the recent trend to direct workers back to the office, employers should not overlook teleworking as a reasonable accommodation for a disabled employee.

CAUTIONARY TALE EPISODE 94 PEE-UW! Cal/OSHA Fines Two Plumbing Companies For Safety Violations and Worker Injury

California Division of Occupational Safety and Health(Cal/OSHA) has issued $529,640 in citations to Smelly Mel's Plumbing and Sewer Rat Plumbing after a trench collapsed on a San Mateo sewer line construction site, seriously injuring a worker buried under debris.

WHAT'S NEW IN 2025 END OF AN ERA Key COVID Regulations Lifted

As of February 3, 2025, California employers no longer have to maintain aCOVID-19 model written programor provide written notice to close contacts and COVID cases.

WHAT'S NEW IN 2025 New California Physicians and Surgeons Overtime Exemption Rates

California Labor Code section 515.6exempts certain licensed physicians and surgeons from overtime compensation upon receipt of specified minimum hourly compensation.

CAUTIONARY TALE EPISODE 93 NOT SO SAFEWAY? Cal/OSHA Cites Supermart for Serious Hazardous Conditions in Warehouse

WhenCal/OSHAinspected Safeway's large warehouse in Tracy, CA, itfound"significant safety violations" meriting $182,000 in penalties.

CAUTIONARY TALE EPISODE 92 PREGNANT WORKER DISCRIMINATION Company Pays Big for Brushing Off Accommodations

Castle Hills Master Association Inc. (Castle Hill), the Texas employer of a disabled pregnant worker, failed to accommodate her time-off request for doctor-prescribed bed rest because she was ineligible for Family and Medical Leave or short-term state disability benefits. Instead, the property management company terminated her.

WHAT'S NEW IN 2025 Computer Software Employee Overtime Exemption Rates

California Labor Code section 515.5exempts certain computer software professionals from overtime compensation upon receipt of specified minimum compensation.