Categories: Wage and Hour Policies

by Michael S. Kun, Eric A. Cook, and Jennifer A. Goldman

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed two employment-related bills into law, raising the stakes for employers doing business in California. The two laws, which increase the penalties for employers that wrongly classify employees as independent contractors or engage in "wage theft," both go into effect on January 1, 2012.

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Tags: Articles, California, California Wage-Hour Law, hour, missclassification, State Wage and Hour Laws, wage, Wage & Hour, Wage and Hour Defense, Wage and Hour Policies, wage theft
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