Employment Law Blog

Employees have the right to receive a compensation for overtime work. By law, all employees are considered non-exempt employees who are entitled to overtime pay. However, there are eight types of employees who are exempted from overtime pay. If you visit the California Department of Industrial Relations website, you will find more information about exempted jobs. Typically, workers who are exempted from overtime allowance are executives and professionals, and employers are not obligated to pay overtime to them. In addition, some artists and sales person can be considered as exempt employees. There is no need to provide meals and breaks nor time card recording obligation for exempt employees. In order to executive and managerial personnel to be exempt from the overtime pay, the following requirements must be met: First, the roles and responsibilities of the worker must be related to the management of the enterprise and should be employed to assign high-level positions, usually known ...

It refers to a lawsuit filed by a majority of the parties in common interest. It is often used when it is difficult for individuals to file cattle because of the large number of victims and small amounts of damage. The US class action lawsuit is a way of solving collective disputes of personal conduct by allowing the individual to belong to the victim group to be recognized as a party and to have him or her carry out a lawsuit for the benefit of all group members. Unlike other countries, which recruits large-scale litigation participants over a long period of time, in the United States, even if only one complaint is filed, the case can be filed on behalf of the group. If there is a large number of potential victims who may be in the victim group, the court will classify the plaintiff as a group. The representative party must be a member of the group, and the representative plaintiff and the plaintiff representative must have an adequacy of representative. In other countries such as...

Muchos fabricantes estadounidenses, incluidas las grandes corporaciones nacionales y los fabricantes de automóviles en los Estados Unidos, establecen fábricas en México y contratan una fuerza laboral considerable a nivel local. Sin embargo, a diferencia de la legislación laboral de los Estados Unidos, México tiene regulaciones favorables para los trabajadores. Primero, bajo el mandato de contratar mano de obra local, el 90% de la fuerza laboral de la empresa debe ser ciudadano mexicano, excluyendo la junta directiva, el gerente y el personal directivo. Y en México existe un sistema de participación en las ganancias, que obliga a la compañía a distribuir el 10% de sus ganancias antes de impuestos a los trabajadores. En relación con esto, la empresa estará obligada a revelar los datos de declaración de impuestos presentados a las autoridades fiscales a los trabajadores. Esta distribución de ganancias se paga a los empleados...