By Jennifer L. Lippi, JD, SPHR, PHRca In 2004, the California legislature enacted the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), which allows private employees to collect civil penalties for alleged labor code violations on behalf of the state. Fast forward 20 years,...
By Stacey Sommerhauser, SPHR, PHRca, SHRM-SCP Hopefully you’ve heard by now employers need to allow employees to designate a person to whom they may provide care for illnesses, serious health conditions or preventative care for under the California Family Rights Act...
San Jose voters passed a ballot measure last fall that requires San Jose employers with 36 or more employees and who are subject to the San Jose Business License Tax or who maintain a facility in San Jose to offer additional work hours to existing...
Do you have employees working in Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Monica, and San Francisco? Each of these cities recently enacted ordinances that require almost all employers to pay minimum wages above the California state minimum wage. (Currently $10.00...
2016 U.S. Salary Budget The 2016 U.S. salary budget increases are projected again at 3.0 to 3.1 percent. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) continues to run low for the last 12 months. The all-items index was 0.5 percent over the last 12 months. Although...
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We recently hired an employee who now claims to have received a generous vacation package from her hiring manager when she accepted the job. Unfortunately, the manager is no longer available to confirm or deny that. She’s a good employee and we’ll probably give her...
Silvers HR, LLC was founded with the mission of offering superior human resources services, and we have over 20 years experience in the business community. Many of our clients need human resources expertise, but aren’t prepared to take on the overhead expense of...