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What's New In 2023 REPORTING PAYROLL PROFILES

Aspreviously reported, effective January 1, 2023,Senate Bill (SB) 1162requires California employers of 100 or more employees and/or 100 or more workers hired through labor contractors (i.e., staffing or temp agencies) to report annual pay and hours-worked data by job category, sex, race, and ethnicity to theCivil Rights Department (CRD)by the second Wednesday of every May (moved from the prior annual reporting date of March).

I'll Take You There

What is the real pay? Help offered; help accepted. Timeless.

KOFI

Thank you, readers, for the many encouraging responses to pieces on recent West African travel and our progress with theApplied ScholasticsAfrican Literacy Campaign(3/23 - 4/3/23).Letter from Liberia(March 24, 2023) andThe Wrong Thing to Do: Nothing(March 25, 2023) More from those days? Sure, my pleasure. ...

THE WRONG THING TO DO: NOTHING

It's the pro bono work that brings the greatest compensation: The light in the eyes, hope rekindled, the dream of creating a future worth living. From last week'sLetter from Liberia, the journey leads to Saturday, March 25, 2023.

HANDBOOK HELPER EPISODE 22 Policy Should Establish Management's Discretion on Pay Rates

Employers who reserve the right to set compensation rates and pay random, unexpected discretionary bonuses should include a clear handbook policy confirming these points.

LETTER FROM LIBERIA The Journey Continues

I have on occasion offered glimpses of my volunteer work in West Africa.My Pro-Bono Life: Purpose is Prime: Why West Africa? Why Literacy?(February 20, 2023);Small Planet, Big Dreams; African Literacy Campaign in Liberia and Ghana(October 14, 2022). I have been back Liberia in for a week, with these thoughts over the first few days.

A MEMORABLE $3.6M LESSON"Unforgettable" Roofing Co. Hit for Knee-Jerk Retaliation and Intimidation

Roofer Unforgettable Coatings and its Final Touch painting subsidiaryhave agreed to paythe U.S.Department of Labor(DOL)$3.6 millionfor falsifying pay records, not paying overtime, having employees work on weekends without pay, and intimidating those employees who dared to complain about their illegal practices. The citations involved hundreds of workers in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho.

HANDBOOK HELPER EPISODE 21 Split Shifts Policy

California employers must ensure hourly workers receive additional one-hour "split shift" paywhen scheduled or required to work two distinct work periods in the same workday separated by more than a one-hour meal break, such as an employee who works the 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. shift and returns for the 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. shift.

AGE DISCRIMINATION: EMPLOYEE'S SUSPICION NOT ENOUGH Older Worker Needs More Than Her Belief of Unequal Treatment

The federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently confirmed that a former worker's self-professed speculation that her employer terminated her due to her age and national origin was insufficient to establish a discrimination claim.Opara v. Yellen.