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2016
WAGE AND hOUR LAWS
August 16, 2016 August 23, 2016 September 21, 2016 Pasadena Area Orange County Los Angeles
This unique one-day program addresses changes and developments in state and federal wage and hour laws. Hundreds of California employers, personnel managers, controllers, attorneys, payroll managers, and supervisors attend Simmons’ wage and hour programs each year. This year registrants will receive a free copy of the New Nineteenth Edition of the WAGE AND hOUR MANUAL FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS by Attorney Simmons (over 980 pages). The book is the only one of its kind and is widely recognized as the leading text in its field. It has been cited by California courts. A partial listing of the book’s table of contents is contained in this brochure.
Among the many subjects that will be discussed in the program are the following:
• Meal and rest period rules - Landmark decisions of the California Supreme Court
• The “Sue Your Boss” Law - Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)
• Overtime, Flexible Scheduling, Meal Period, Exemption, and Compensatory Time Off Rules • Exemption Rules - AB 60, Federal Regulations, and Case Law Developments
• Impact of New Court Decisions on Meal and Rest Period Rules and Sanctions
• Labor Commission Rules - Travel Time, Wage Payment Requirements
• Class Action Lawsuits
• Sick Leave Statutes
• Federal Exemptions - New Changes
• State Overtime Liabilities For All Employers
• Pyramiding Overtime
• Consequences of minimum wage increases and new decisions
• Government employer coverage under FLSA
• Flexible Scheduling Techniques - New Rules
• 10-Hour Shifts, 12-Hour Shifts and 9/80 Schedules
• 4 and 4-1/2 Day Weeks
• Overtime requirements - penalties for violators
• Make-Up Time Rules and Forms
• Payday Rules
• Independent contractor rules
• Vacation Benefits
• Industrial Welfare Commission Issues
• Waiting time penalties - payments on termination of employment
• Exemptions for executive, administrative and professional
INCLUDES NEW 2016 EDITION OF ThE WAGE AND hOUR MANUAL
SICK PAY & WAGE ThEFT PREVENTION ACT
MEAL & REST PERIOD DEVELOPMENTS POST-BRINKER
employees
AB 60 - OVERTIME RULES
• Audits and inspections by State Labor Commission and Federal Wage and Hour Division
• Reimbursement and indemnification rules
• Recent court decisions - cases affecting all California employers - including cases on overtime, exemptions, meal periods,
wage setoffs and deductions, bonuses, commissions, meal credits, on-call (stand-by) time, and alternative workweeks
• Wage setoffs and deductions: judicial restrictions on employers’ rights to recover debts, advances, overpayments, and loans
• Off-The-Clock Work Issues - Time Shaving - Rounding • Severance pay issues
• Sales representative rules
• Reporting time pay
NEW EXEMPTION RULES hOT ISSUES
2016 LEGISLATION VACATION RULES
• Government contractor laws
• Liquidated damages rules
• Pay Stub and Itemized Statement Issues
• New Labor Code Changes
• Uniform requirements - furnishing and maintaining • Record-keeping and timekeeping requirements
• Child Labor
• Legislative activity
• Bonuses and Commissions
• Holiday pay
• Shift differentials
• Compensatory time off rules
• Questions and answers
“SUE YOUR BOSS” LAW - PRIVATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL ACT