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California Minimum Wage Increases to $10.50 on January 1, 2017

For businesses with more than 25 employees, the state’s minimum wage will increase from $10.00/hour to $10.50/hour  starting on January 1, 2017. [Note:  Employers in San Francisco and Oakland (and many other municipalities), however, this new state minimum wage is still lower than the local minimum wage required by…

U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Overtime Regulations

Determining when an employee gets overtime — and when an employee can be considered “exempt” from overtime — is tricky business in California.  Penalties can be extraordinarily severe for an employer who improperly classifies a worker as “exempt.” In general, under current California law, every employee who works…