Payroll Mistakes That Can Land You in HOT Water in California!: How to Avoid Getting Burned By Costly Mistakes
Lawsuits related to employers’ payroll practices are dramatically on the rise – particularly in California. This session will be a broad overview of the various areas that impact wage and hour regulations and practices in California. For anyone involved in payroll with employees in California, this is a must-do session to attend! This session will cover:
- California Wage Orders.
- Minimum wage – current status and developments.
- Daily and weekly overtime.
- Deductions from Exempt Employees’ Pay.
- Make up time/comp time, waiting/on-call time, travel time, alternative workweeks, and meal periods and rest breaks, etc.
- Commissions and incentives.
- Final wages.
- Fines and penalties for payroll mistakes.
Lauraine Bifulco
Two themes are woven throughout Lauraine Bifulco's diverse career: a passion for a job well done and a zest for continual learning and improvement. Lauraine infuses Vantaggio HR with these qualities every day. When she founded the firm in 1994, Lauraine combined her rare talent in understanding what a client needs and her gift of business foresight to create a company that can service the HR and management consulting needs of small and large companies equally well. Today, Vantaggio serves clients across the country from their offices in California, Hawaii, Colorado, and New York.
Her Career experience helps employers realize their HR goals and adapt to the shifting HR landscape. Lauraine is a veteran HR executive and entrepreneur with 25 years of international, corporate, and consulting experience. Her bold career has taken her to employment and business opportunities in Europe and multiple U.S. cities. She serves as co-chair of the California Small Business Administration's committee on Labor Issues which reviews and makes recommendations on pending labor/employment laws, keeping her abreast of legal developments.
Delivering over 30 presentations and webinars each year, Lauraine is a well-respected, and highly sought after guest lecturer and speaker on a variety of business management and HR-related topics for both state and national organizations including Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA), American Payroll Association (APA), Next Concept HR Association (NCHRA), Paylocity annual Elevate Conference, and HR Star Conference to name a few. She has been invited to review, develop, and deliver certificate programs for SHRM, and has developed and delivered curriculum for businesses throughout the U.S.
Lauraine received a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College and conducted graduate level studies in linguistics at the Sorbonne in Paris.