Eleven months ago I wrote about the Rise of the Precedent Decisions. In that article I discussed the Labor Commissioner’s newly adopted practice of issuing Precedent Decisions that were supposedly binding upon all other Labor Commissioner cases. According to the California Court of Appeals, the Precedent Decisions issues by the Labor Commissioner are not binding [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Death of the Precedent Decisions?
Posted in Wage & Hour on July 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Federal Minimum Wage Increase
Posted in Wage & Hour on July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Effective July 24, 2007, the federal minimum wage for covered non-exempt employees will be $5.85 per hour. The minimum wage increases to $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008; and $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. California employers must comply with California’s minimum wage (currently $7.50 and set to increase to $8.00 in January [...]
Declaration of Independence
Posted in Uncategorized on July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the [...]