Legal Issues for HR Professionals – Winter 2010

Lesson 6 – Wage & Hour Laws – For April 6, 2010

Assignment: 

1) Readings:

a) In “The California Employer”

i) From Chapter 3: Statutory Rights:

(1) Section 3.1. California Compensation Law

ii) Chapter 5: Employee/Independent Contractor Status

iii) Chapter 9: Section 9.2(B) Individual Liability Under Wage & Hour Regulations

2) Review your company’s classification of employees;

a) Do you have misclassified “independent contractors”?

b) Do you have misclassified Executive, Administrative or Professional exempt employees?

3) Additional readings

a) (from California Labor Commissioner website)

i) Sample Wage Claim Calculation form

ii) DLSE Enforcement and Interpretations Manual (main page)

iii) California Wage Orders (main page)

iv) Independent Contractor FAQ

b) (from US Dept of Labor website):

i) Federal Wage Hour Information

c) Sample Independent Contractor Regulations

i) (22 CCR §4304-1 general regulation)

ii) (22 CCR §4304-4 computer services)