Insights on PAGA compliance, wage and hour law, and protecting California small employers.
October 16, 2026
Imagine two California plumbing companies down the road from each other. Same size. Same pay structure — base hourly, commissions, spiffs. Same meal-period policy. Same trainings, more or less. Both run a tight operation. Both treat their people well.
Read more →October 15, 2026
In July 2024, California amended PAGA. For the first time since 2004, the legislation moved in the employer's direction — and the most important change was buried in the penalty section.
Read more →September 30, 2026
If you employ non-exempt workers in California and you think your wage-and-hour exposure is some abstract “someday” problem, you're operating on a misread of the market.
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