California Payroll

05/04/2017

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10/21/2016

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Employers must display a poster describing voting leave requirements at least 10 days before every statewide election - the time off to vote notice.

10/11/2016

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10/04/2016

Monday, October 10th, 2016 is Columbus Day and a banking holiday. The Federal Reserve (ACH) and most banks will be closed. California Payroll will open regular business hours, 8:30am to 5pm PST. Please remember your payroll must be submitted at least two banking days prior to the check date. The banking holiday may require you to change your check date and to submit your payroll one day earlier if your check date is this coming Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Please adjust payroll processing schedules accordingly to ensure timely direct deposits for employees. Please review your check dates and contact your client manager with any questions. Thank you

09/27/2016

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For the first time since 1998, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued new guidance for employers and employees in initiating...

09/19/2016

Question: What is the difference between vacation time and PTO? We’re trying to decide which one to offer.



Answer from Celine, SHRM-CP:

Vacation policies are intended to be used for the specific purpose of vacation or leisure time, and employers who offer vacation time generally offer sick leave as well. The alternative to having two separate benefits is a singular Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit, which may be used for any purpose the employee chooses.
Some states consider vacation and PTO (but not sick leave) to be accrued wages. Consequently, those states require payout of unused vacation and PTO at termination and have rules limiting use-it-or-lose-it policies. For example, an employee who resigns with three sick days and three vacation days would only have to be paid for the three vacation days. If the same employee resigned with six days of PTO remaining, they would need to be paid for all six.
If you are in a state, county, or city that requires employers to offer paid sick leave and you decide to offer a PTO plan instead, it is critical that you ensure the plan meets all the requirements of the mandatory sick leave law or ordinance. These requirements usually include letting employees use their time in small increments (e.g. one or two hours), ensuring that they accrue PTO fast enough, and allowing carryover into a new year. If you’re in one of these areas, you’ll definitely want to take a close look at the law or ordinance to ensure your PTO program is compliant.

Regardless of which benefits you choose to offer, you’ll want to make sure they are clearly articulated in writing and that all employees are made aware of what is available and how the policy or policies operate.

09/14/2016

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New law extends daily and weekly overtime protections for California farmworkers

09/06/2016

It's National Payroll Week — September 5-9, 2016
National Payroll Week celebrates the hard work by America's 150 million wage earners and the payroll professionals who pay them. Together, through the payroll withholding system, they contribute, collect, report and deposit approximately $2.2 trillion, or 67%, of the annual revenue of the U.S. Treasury. http://ow.ly/5Wxq303WJAS

This National Payroll Week, September 5-9, be like Kelly. Thank the hard working payroll professionals in your life for all of the great work they...

08/25/2016

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08/24/2016

Reclassify employees to reduce OT

Over 4.2 million additional employees may qualify for overtime starting December 1. In the middle of the holiday season, the Department of Labor (DOL) will more than double the standard overtime salary threshold, jumping from $23,660 to $47,376. This means more employees—salaried and hourly—could be earning time-and-a-half for hours worked over 40 per week. Those that won't, need to be earning over the salary threshold and meet the DOL's job duties test, which remains unchanged. So, to help minimize their overtime costs, employers have some important decisions to make about their workforce in the months leading up to this change. And one of the biggest is to consider reclassifying employees as exempt or non-exempt.
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08/22/2016

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Last week, the City of San Mateo adopted a minimum wage ordinance which requires annual increases beginning January 1, 2017