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OUR PANELISTS

Jessica !Miller-Merrell!

@jmillermerrell!Stephanie!

Hammerwold!@HRHammer!

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POLL: WHAT IS YOUR JOB?

•  CEO/Founder!•  HR/Recruiting!•  Operations!•  Other!

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SMALL BUSINESS STATS

•  65% of small business have generated new jobs since 1995!

•  50% of working population, works in small business !

Source: Forbes Small Business Stats http://b4j.co/smallbizstat!

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POLL: WHERE IS YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS?

•  California!•  New York!•  New Jersey!•  Colorado !•  Other !

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PROTECTED CLASSES EEOC Protected Classes (Federal)!– Sex!– Age!– Disability!– Genetic information!– National origin!– Pregnancy!– Race/color!– Religion!

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PROTECTED CLASSES

– Sex!– Age!– Disability!– Genetic information!– National origin!– Pregnancy!– Race/color!– Religion!

– Sexual orientation!– Marital status!– Ancestry!– Gender, gender

identity and gender expression!

California Protected Classes!

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•  Required in California for companies with 50+ employees!

•  Mandatory for supervisory employees!– Within 6 months of hire or promotion!– Every two years!

•  Tracking methods!–  Individual!– Training year!

HARASSMENT TRAINING

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LEAVE LAWS

•  California Family Rights Act (CFRA)!– Generally runs concurrently with FMLA!– All FMLA coverage plus bonding with a child!– Eligibility!

•  Employers with 50+ employees!•  Employed at least 12 months at the company!•  Worked at least 1,250 in preceding 12-month

period!

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LEAVE LAWS

•  Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL)!– All CA employers with 5+ employees!– Employees eligible from day one!– Up to 4 months of leave!

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IN CONTRAST TO FMLA •  50 or more employees!•  1,250 hours worked!•  Office within 50 mile radius !•  12 weeks unpaid time with job protection!

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FEDERAL LAW & PREGNANCY

•  Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1973!•  Americans with Disabilities Act!•  Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964!•  Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) !

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LEAVE LAWS

•  CA Paid Programs!– State Disability Insurance (SDI)!– Paid Family Leave (PFL)!– Paid sick leave (San Francisco)!

•  Check the Employment Development Department’s website for forms: http://www.edd.ca.gov !

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OVERTIME •  Anything over 8 hours in a day and over

40 hours in a workweek!•  Make-up time!•  Can only work 7 consecutive days!

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ALTERNATIVE WORKWEEKS

•  Schedule requires an employee to work 8+ hours in a 24-hour period w/o overtime!

•  Secret ballot election of at least 2/3 of affected employee!

•  Dept. of Industrial Relations: http://www.dir.ca.gov/t8/11170.html !

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CALIFORNIA MINIMUM WAGE

•  Currently $8/hour!•  $9/hour as of 7/1/14!•  $10/hour as of 1/1/16!

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FINAL CHECK

•  Check ready on last day!•  Include all wages owed to employee!•  What about resignations without notice?!

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MEAL BREAKS

•  What is a meal break in California?!– Relieved of all duty!– Taken within first 5 hours of shift!– At least 30 minutes long!– May be waived by mutual consent of employer &

employee!– Second meal break after 10 hours!

•  Brinker decision in California (April 2012)!•  Dept. of Labor Standards Enforcement:

http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_mealperiods.htm !

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CALIFORNIA FORMS

•  Wage notice!– Wage Theft Protection Act (went into effect

1/1/12)!– http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/

Governor_signs_Wage_Theft_Protection_Act_of_2011.html!

•  Request to view personnel file!– No later than 21 days from date of request!

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SOCIAL MEDIA

•  Policy in your handbook!•  Be careful about disciplining employees

for what could be seen as protected activity!

Great  resources:  Blogging4Jobs  NLRB  Updates  h;p://b4j.co/nlrb-­‐social-­‐media    

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CALIFORNIA HR RESOURCES

•  California Chamber of Commerce!•  Local Chambers of Commerce!•  Society for Human Resource Management!•  Employer Advisory Council!

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QUESTIONS?

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LEARN MORE ABOUT . . .

•  Stephanie Hammerwold www.b4j.co/shammerwold!•  Jessica Miller-Merrell www.b4j.co/JMMbio-12!

Resources: Small business stats - http://b4j.co/smallbizstat; Obama’s Overtime Pay Expansion - http://b4j.co/otpay; SHRM at http://shrm.org; Social Media & NLRB Guidelines - http://b4j.co/nlrb-social-media

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