California employers should take note of the following minimum wage increases that took effect on January 1, 2020: Statewide: $13 per hour, regular and tipped employees Alameda: $15 per hour, …
Ohio Minimum Wage Increase
Ohio employers should note that on January 1, the state minimum wage increased to $8.70 an hour for normal workers, and to $4.35 an hour for tipped workers. …
California Adopts New Independent Contractor Test
In a recent case, the California Supreme Court adopted a new standard for determining when a worker is an independent contractor, and when a worker is an employee. This is a major departure from how …
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Does Your Uber Driver Make Any Money?
Today one of my twitter followers, and someone I actually know from the startup community here in Cincinnati, posted an interesting tweet: “I always open up my @Uber/@lyft email receipts, wincing at …
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Is Your Contractor Really An Employee?
If you weren’t distracted by Donald Trump throwing his comb-around into the presidential ring this week, you might have noticed that the California Labor Commission ruled that an Uber driver was an …
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EMPLOYER MONITORING OF EMPLOYEE SOCIAL MEDIA USE
An increasing concern for employers is their employees’ use of social media. For some time now, employers have been devoting resources to monitoring their employees on social media. I’m not talking …
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San Francisco Raises Minimum Wage
If you are an employer in San Francisco, I hope you paid attention to the election a few weeks ago. San Francisco voters passed Proposition J, implementing a series of minimum wage increases into law. …
Ohio Minimum Wage Set to Increase in 2015
Employers in Ohio should be aware that starting January 1, 2015, the minimum wage for non-tipped employees will increase to $8.10 per hour, up from $7.95. For tipped employees, the minimum wage will …
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