CA Supreme Court Rules Exit Searches are Compensable Time
In Friekin v. Apple, the California Supreme Court has imposed yet another wage-and-hour obligation on California employers. In this instance,…
New Form W-4 for 2020
On December 5, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the final 2020 Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate. Newly-hired…
Demystifying Labor Commissioner Claims
I Got This “Notice of Claim and Conference”…What Do I Do Now? The first communication from the Labor Commissioner typically is a somewhat…
“Pay” v. “Compensation”: What’s the Difference?
What rate of pay should you use to calculate meal and rest period “premiums” (most of us would think of that “premium” as compensation to…
Defend Your Property!
FELS has received reports of California Employment Department Monitor Advocate Office outreach workers entering farms without permission of the landowner…
Reporting Time Pay Not Required for Power Outages
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has announced that thousands of customers may be affected during the upcoming wildfire season by Public Safety…
FELS Publishes AB 1513 Piece-rate Wage Resources
NEW!: Employees seeking payment of back wages from the Unclaimed Wages Fund (UWF) can claim those wages through the procedure described in…
