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Labour Law Equal Pay For Equal Work In Los Angeles
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Section 1199 of the Labor Code provides that “every employer or other person acting individually as an officer, agent, or employee” may be guilty of a misdemeanor, fined, and potentially face up to thirty days in prison.
Starting January 1, 2025, the annual minimum salary to qualify for the white-collar exemption (executive, administrative, and professional) will increase to $68,640 (or $5,720 per month), up from $66,560 in 2024. Employers must ensure compliance with these thresholds to avoid misclassification issues.
The law requires companies subject to the law to disclose information regarding their efforts to eradicate human trafficking and slavery within their supply chains on their website or, if a company does not have a website, through written disclosures.
In California, you can win a wage claim by: understanding your legal rights, gathering evidence of a labor violation, filing a wage claim, helping with the investigation, and. attending the wage claim hearing.
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The California Equal Pay Act has prohibited an employer from paying its employees less than employees of the opposite sex for equal work. Fill out and submit the "Equal Pay Act Complaint" Form (EPA ‐1).Please read the following Instructions to ensure that you are completing the Form correctly. Equal Work: To file a claim, you and the individual you compare your compensation to must perform substantially similar work. Employers may not pay employees less than other employees of the opposite sex, another race, or another ethnicity for substantially similar work. The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work. The Equal Pay Act is considered a strict liability statute that requires employers to pay men and women the same amount for similar or equivalent work. Employers cannot pay less to an employee based on gender, race, or ethnicity. Our experienced employment lawyers break it down for you. Equal pay, equal work.