If your company employs exempt workers and you are responsible for implementing its time-off policy plan and payroll, then you will want to attend the Exempt Employees: Managing Accrued Benefit Pay & Deductions webinar presented by CalChamber's legal counsel. This intermediate level 90-minute on demand webinar will help you better understand time-off accrual, legal deductions and what California law requires as it pertains to exempt employees. This event will cover:
- When deductions can made to exempt salaries and how much can be deducted
- What California law states regarding accrual and pay out of paid time-off (PTO) and vacation
- How vacation, PTO and sick leave accrues
- Deductions from accrued vacation, PTO, and sick leave
- When employers can force mandatory use of vacation and PTO
- “Furlough” issues such as pay deductions, mandatory use of accrued time-off and vested benefits
- What "floating holiday" means in reference to exempt employees
- The pros and cons of PTO/vacation vs. sick leave with regards to kin care issues
Web seminars are approved for 1.5 credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).
The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.
- You will receive in-depth information on the legal definition of accruals and deductions regarding paid time-off (PTO), vacation and sick leave as they apply to exempt employees and their salaries
- You will have the opportunity to submit your pertinent exempt employee and PTO, sick leave and vacation questions to three CalChamber employment law experts
- Presented by three top CalChamber employment law experts
- Downloadable seminar slides, access to the recording of the live event and the detailed final Q&A document created from questions presented during the event
All participants must have Windows® Media Player to view the recorded version of the webinar.
Jessica Hawthorne, former Employment Law Counsel and Helpline Consultant for CalChamber, editor of HR Handbook for California Employers, and wrote employment law articles for HRCalifornia.com, and HRCaliforniaExtra. As lead subject matter expert, she served an integral role in the product development of labor and employment law books and training.
Susan Kemp, Senior Employment Law Counsel and Helpline Manager for CalChamber, has written and edited several CalChamber publications on topics such as employee handbooks, sexual harassment investigations, family and medical leave and exempt/non-exempt employees.
Erika Frank, General Counsel and head of the Legal Affairs Department for CalChamber, has lobbied the legislative and executive branches on taxation, civil litigation and lawsuit abuse issues, and submitted briefs on cases affecting workers' compensation and litigation reform, and employee relations.