Daily Archives: December 1, 2015

Changes to Piece Rate Compensation in California

Business, Drew Pomerance, RPNA BlogBy Drew Pomerance December 1, 2015

On January 1, 2016 California business owners face a host of new laws that go into effect on the first day of the New Year (such as the Fair Pay act, more on that here). One of them is AB 1513, which creates a new California Labor Code § 226.2 and rewrites and redefines the…

Analyzing California’s Fair Pay Act

Drew Pomerance, Employment, RPNA BlogBy Drew Pomerance December 1, 2015

As we discussed in this post, Governor Brown recently signed into law California’s Fair Pay Act, which amends Labor Code section 1197.5. The Act, which becomes effective on January 1, 2016, is intended to strengthen the state’s existing equal pay laws by eliminating loopholes that prevent effective enforcement and by empowering employees to discuss their…