Computing Commuting Time
Employment Law & HR Topics
Computing Commuting Time

Ask anyone with a long daily commute, and he will agree that it certainly feels like the workday begins long before he steps inside the…

DOL Issues Guidance on Employee vs. Independent Contractor Classification
Employee Management
DOL Issues Guidance on Employee vs. Independent Contractor Classification

Determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor can be a confusing (and, if done incorrectly, costly) endeavor. Though some employers may…

California Employer LAWlert: Equal Pay Act Is Law
California
California Employer LAWlert: Equal Pay Act Is Law

Female workers in California will get new tools to challenge gender-based wage gaps under legislation signed into law Tuesday that supporters say offers the strongest…

Form of the Week: Compensation Evaluation Form
Employment Law & HR Topics
Form of the Week: Compensation Evaluation Form

Click the link below to view the form of the week! Additional forms and guidelines like these can be downloaded from our online forms library at https://www.holmanhr.com:…

California Employer LAWlert: New Sick Leave Law Will Require This Posting to be Displayed Where Employees Can Easily Read It
California
California Employer LAWlert: New Sick Leave Law Will Require This Posting to be Displayed Where Employees Can Easily Read It

Effective July 1, 2015, the Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 or the CA Paid Sick Leave Law will entitle most employees in California to…

California Employer LAWlert: SUPREME COURT RULES THAT SLEEPING IS HOURS WORKED
California
California Employer LAWlert: SUPREME COURT RULES THAT SLEEPING IS HOURS WORKED

The California Supreme Court in the matter of Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions, Inc., has reversed the California Court of Appeals, ruling that employees on…

MISCLASSIFICATION OF EXEMPT EMPLOYEES CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOR EMPLOYERS
California
MISCLASSIFICATION OF EXEMPT EMPLOYEES CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOR EMPLOYERS

Costa Solutions LLC, a warehouse service provider to the HEB grocery chain, has agreed to pay $146,459 in overtime back wages to 63 current and…

California Employer LAWlert: CA Mandates Paid Sick Leave
California
California Employer LAWlert: CA Mandates Paid Sick Leave

The California legislature on Saturday, August 29, passed the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. Below are the pertinent elements of the law that…

Cheating Doesn't Pay- employer created multiple personalities for employees to avoid paying wages
Employment Law & HR Topics
Cheating Doesn't Pay- employer created multiple personalities for employees to avoid paying wages

A former Subway sandwich maker in Washington claims his employer used an inventive scheme to avoid paying him overtime: Creating fictional workers.Erwin Zambrano Moya alleges…

California Employer LAWlert: FORCED USE OF VACATION FOUND TO VIOLATE THE NO ‘USE-IT-OR-LOSE-IT’ PROVISION OF CALIFORNIA LAW
California
California Employer LAWlert: FORCED USE OF VACATION FOUND TO VIOLATE THE NO ‘USE-IT-OR-LOSE-IT’ PROVISION OF CALIFORNIA LAW

Recently the 2nd District Court of Appeals ruled against Lexmark International, Inc., that its vacation policy violated California Labor Code Section 227.3 which states in…