California Wage-Hour Compliance: The Top 10 Employer Mi$take$
California's wage-hour laws are complex and many employers do not understand their legal obligations in this area. This session will cover a number of wage-hour topics, including the reporting time pay, the appropriate classification of employees and contractors, rest breaks and meal periods after the Brinker decision, suitable seating requirements, how to draft a compliant bonus or commission plan, and final pay. You will also learn how to identify your organization's opportunity areas in wage-hour compliance and receive a wage-hour audit checklist.
Jennifer Brown Shaw
Jennifer Shaw provides regular advice and counsel on workplace issues to various private and public sector employers throughout the country. Named by Northern California Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in California for 2009 and 2010, Jennifer is a frequent speaker on employment law topics, and has been a guest on CNN and local television and radio. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics with honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Jennifer graduated magna cum laude from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she was the editor-in-chief of the law review. Before founding Shaw Valenza LLP in 2006, Jennifer was a partner at Jackson Lewis LLP.