California has joined New York in requiring a new hire wage notification under its Wage Theft Prevention Act, with the California statute effective for all new hires on or after January 1, 2012. To assist employers, the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement has issued its model form complying with the new law. The DLSE’s
california wage theft prevention act
California Enacts Eerily Familiar “Wage Theft Prevention Act”
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in California
In April, we addressed at length New York’s newly-enacted “Wage Theft Prevention Act.” Now, through Assembly Bill 469, California has adopted a nearly identical law, the California Wage Theft Prevention Act. Effective January 1, 2012, the law increases the penalties available under existing provisions of the California Labor Code, and adds a detailed notice…