The owner and two employees of an Oakland Construction Company, NBC General Contractors Inc., have been charged with wage theft and insurance fraud for allegedly defrauding workers, the state and their workers comp insurance carrier out of millions of dollars, authorities said. (May 26, 2009)
from Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate for the Golden State Builders Exchanges
The Legislature and Governor passed the 2009-10 budget in February 2009, the earliest adoption of a budget in modern history. About $6 billion of the budget solutions were premised on success in the May Special Election. That’s out the window. And the continuing bad economic news since February has also increased the size of the problem.
from the California Chamber of Commerce Alert Newsletter, May 2009
The California Supreme Court has denied review of a workers’ compensation case, thereby helping to solidify the 2004 California Chamber of Commerce-supported workers’ compensation reforms. The Supreme Court’s rejection of the petition for review in effect affirms a California court of appeals ruling that upheld the Legislature’s intent of containing costs through the passage of the CalChamber-supported workers’ compensation reforms in SB 899 (Poochigian; R-Fresno, 2004).
- from Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate for the Golden SDtate Builders Exchanges
AB 1523 recently passed unanimously by the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee this afternoon. However this is only a first step.
By Larry Levy, Employee Relations Management
The following information applies only to non-exempt employees and not exempt employees. Non-exempt employees are your employees who provide your services and products and are compensated by their hours of work. If they work over eight hours in a day or over forty hours in a week they receive overtime.
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From Will Kempton, Director Dept. of Transportation, California Department of Transportation