By Mike Ruppenthal, Ovation Payroll When you’re running a business, you’ve got a lot going on and a lot on your mind. Yes, there are numerous small tasks you have to do each day, but your main focus needs to be on what your company or organization does best, which most likely isn’t processing your [...]

We’ve seen some recent legal activity around the itemized statements (aka “check stubs”) that is concerning and costly to California employers.  Employers are being socked with outrageous penalties and legal fees for simple oversights on pay stubs.  Today, take time to pull a copy of the pay stub from one of your non-exempt employee’s checks. [...]

By Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA A California Court of Appeal ruled this month in Aleman v.  AirTouch Cellular that employees attending a pre-scheduled meeting time that ends early are not required to be paid for a minimum of 2 hours reporting time pay as long as the meeting runs at least one-half of the pre-scheduled time.