Selected new California labor laws

Most are effective on Jan. 1, 2014

Wage and Hour Laws

Minimum wage: Raises the current $8-an-hour state minimum wage to $9 on July 1, 2014, and to $10 per hour on Jan. 1, 2016.

Domestic employees: Creates a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights and provides overtime for certain in-home workers, such as personal attendants for the sick, disabled and elderly.

Meal and rest periods: Extends meal and rest protections to "recovery" periods taken to prevent heat illness. An employee cannot be required to work during such a period. Provides monetary penalties for denying the rest breaks.

Damages for minimum wage violations: Requires payment of damages to employees as well as penalties for employers cited for minimum-wage violations by the state labor commissioner.

Protections for exercising rights under labor code: Bans employers from retaliation or adverse action against workers who assert their rights, such as complaining about wage theft. Establishes a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per employee per violation.

Lien on property: Allows the filing of a lien on employers' real property if they don't pay fines or back wages ordered by the state labor commissioner.

Whistle-blower protections: Protects employees from retaliation when filing a report alleging a violation of wage and hour laws.

Immigration: Prohibits employers from threatening to contact immigration authorities after a worker files a formal complaint about an alleged violation of wage and overtime requirements.

Business license revocation: Permits the state to suspend or revoke an employer's business license for reporting — or threatening to report — to federal law enforcement a worker's immigration status.

Source: Times research, California Chamber of Commerce

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