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W-2c procrastinators never prosper: In fact, they’ll pay penalties

06/29/2013
On Aug. 1, tax penalties more than triple, from $30 to $100 per form, up to $1.5 million, for these W-2 infractions: failing to file 2012 W-2s in the first place or filing incorrect 2012 W-2s that you haven’t yet corrected.

July 2013: Employer’s business tax calendar

06/29/2013
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How do we handle lump-sum payments?

06/29/2013
Q: Our employees are paid an annual lump-sum merit bonus. The full amount is calculated and then split, with half paid the following January and half paid in July. How does this affect employees’ overtime? If it does affect overtime, how many years must we go back?

Is a minimum wage hike on the way?

06/27/2013
Q. Is it true that the California state minimum wage is increasing soon?

What are the rules for providing, paying for employee uniforms?

06/27/2013
Q. We would like to require employees to pay for their own uniforms. Is this legal? If not, we would like to require employees to purchase uniforms. Then we would reimburse them. Is that OK, or must we purchase the uniforms and provide them to the employees?

With DLSE enforcement up, get your pay practices in order

06/27/2013
California Labor Commissioner Julie Su has issued a report summarizing the enforcement activity of the Division of Labor Standards Enforce­­ment in 2011 and 2012. Its conclusion: The DLSE has significantly increased the number and scope of its enforcement actions during the first two years of Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration.
Our conclusion: Now more than ever, employers should ensure that their pay practices comply with Cali­­for­­nia law.

Adult care facilities cited for wage theft violations

06/27/2013
Three Bay Area adult care facilities face nearly $600,000 in fines for not paying overtime or the minimum wage and failing to provide meal breaks.

When terminating or laying off employees, be sure to pay out accrued leave

06/27/2013
California wage-and-hour law requires employers that provide vacation benefits to pay out unused vacation immediately upon termination. However, there’s an exception for union workplaces if the employer and union clearly and unmistakably agree to waive that payment.

Temp nursing firm settles wage claims for $1.77 million

06/27/2013
U.S. Nursing Corp., a temp agency that provides replacement nurses to hospitals when staff go on strike, has agreed to pay $1.77 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by California employees.

Court to decide: Are meal-break waivers legal?

06/27/2013
Here’s an important case to watch if some of your em­­ployees can’t take regular meal breaks. The Court of Appeal of California will soon determine if an agreement requiring employees to eat while working (and being paid) violates California labor codes for one class of employees.