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Minimum Wage California – Assembly Bill 10

Assembly Bill 10: Hope for Low-Wage Workers Minimum Wage California California’s minimum wage was set at $8.00 per hour in 2008 and has since not been changed for the last six years. However, Assembly Bill 10 could change all of ...
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Recent Employment Case Law

Brinker Rest. Corp. v. Superior Court, 53 Cal. 4th 1004 (2012) California Labor Code Section 512 and Wage Order No. 5 require employers to provide hourly employees with an uninterrupted lunch break of at least 30 minutes, wherein the employee ...
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AB 571 Dividends and Distributions of Corporations

Assembly Bill 571, which was signed into law in California in the Fall of 2011, significantly amends California law governing distributions to shareholders by California corporations. Pursuant to the solvency test contained in Section 501 of the California Corporations Code, ...
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January Newsletter 2012

A new set of labor laws went into effect within the State of California this month.  These include expanded disclosure requirements, increased fines for the misclassification of independent contractors and added leave for pregnant employees. The most significant change to ...
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Winter Newsletter 2012

WHAT’S LEGISLATING? A new proposed bill in California would prohibit employers from discriminating against unemployed candidates in the hiring process. This bill could potentially ban employers from advertising positions only to employed individuals. While employers want employees who have been ...
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