Compensation Questions & Answers 

• What are some of the issues to consider when reducing wages in lieu of layoffs?
• What penalties would an employer face for failing to pay employees on the designated pay date or if the employer has insufficient funds to satisfy his/her payroll obligations?

Alternative Workweek

• What is the difference between flexible scheduling and flex time?
• Can my employees continue to work an alternative workweek schedule created prior to July 1, 1999?
• How do we pay holiday pay on an alternative workweek schedule?
• Are employees on alternative workweek schedules entitled to overtime, and if so, how do I pay them overtime?
• How do I create an alternative workweek schedule?

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Compensatory Time Off

• Can my employees accrue compensatory time off (comp time) instead of being paid overtime?

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Deductions

• Am I entitled to charge the requesting party of a subpoena for my costs associated with providing these documents?
• May I make deductions from an exempt employee's salary?
• How do I deduct absences from exempt outside salesperson's salaries?
• Can I deduct the cost of unreturned equipment or uniforms from an employee's final paycheck?
• What may I do about employees who fail to return company property when they leave my employment?

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Final Paycheck

• Can I deduct the cost of unreturned equipment or uniforms from an employee's final paycheck?
• What may I do about employees who fail to return company property when they leave my employment?
• How do I get my equipment or uniforms back from an employee who is terminating?
• Is there a process to follow when an employee gives notice but is let go at once?
• If a salesperson leaves my company, when are their final commissions due?

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Hours of Work

• What is the difference between flexible scheduling and flex time?
• Am I required to pay for travel time, and if so can I pay it at a lower rate?
• Do we have to pay an hourly employee if she fails to clock in and out?
• What wage rules apply for my live-in apartment manager?
• If an employee clocks in early but doesn't start to work (goes to get coffee, talks to co-workers), do I have to pay for the early clock-in?

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Incentive Pay

• If a salesperson leaves my company, when are their final commissions due?
• May I use a manager's bonus pay to meet the minimum salary requirements for the executive exemption?
• We collect a mandatory service charge from our patrons that is not distributed to employees. Our employees are demanding that we distribute this amount. Is it a tip?

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Makeup Time

• Can my employees accrue compensatory time off (comp time) instead of being paid overtime?
• Can an employee make up time missed in one day by working extra another day without overtime?
• Can I require employees to submit makeup time requests each week in order to create an alternative workweek schedule?

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Meal and Rest Breaks

• Must I provide a break area or room for my employees?
• Is there a meal break violation if the employee begins the meal break after working 5.5 hours?
• How much time do I have to give my employees for meal and rest breaks?
• Must an additional hour be paid if a meal period is missed?
• Is the meal break penalty used in calculating overtime?

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Minimum Wage

• Are there any exceptions to paying the minimum wage?
• Do I have to post both state and federal minimum wage posters since California's minimum wage is higher than the federal rate?
• May I hire an intern for less than minimum wage?
• May I pay a minor less than a regular employee?
• Can an employee receive total compensation that averages at least the required minimum wage for hours worked?

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Overtime

• Can my employees accrue compensatory time off (comp time) instead of being paid overtime?
• With the time change coming, how do we calculate hours worked for the graveyard shift?
• Can an employee make up time missed in one day by working extra another day without overtime?
• Will we have to pay overtime to employees who want to work a second shift performing completely different duties?
• Do I pay my employees based on overtime worked in one day, or in one week?

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Pay

• What is the penalty for failure to pay wages on payday?
• Must I pay an exempt employee who worked during his vacation?
• May I change my employees' paydays?
• Our company uses pay cards to pay employees in other states. Can we offer pay cards to our California employees?
• How often and by what dates am I required to pay employees?

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Tools, Uniforms and Equipment

• Can I deduct the cost of unreturned equipment or uniforms from an employee's final paycheck?
• What may I do about employees who fail to return company property when they leave my employment?
• How do I get my equipment or uniforms back from an employee who is terminating?

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Wage Claims

• Can we refuse to reimburse an employee for expenses until the employee submits documentation verifying the claimed expenses?
• How do I prepare for a labor commissioner hearing?
• Can an employee's wages be garnished by more than one order at a time?

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Wage Orders

• How do I know which IWC Wage Order applies to my business?
• When may employer honor more than one wage garnishment order?
• What Wage Order covers employees of a temporary agency or employee leasing agency?
• What is a wage order and where can I get the most current ones?
• Can an employee's wages be garnished by more than one order at a time?

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