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Washington: Agricultural Workers Must be Paid Separate Piece-Rate and Hourly Rates

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May 10, 2018

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In a narrow majority, the Washington Supreme Court recently stated that agricultural employees engaged in piece-rate work must also be compensated on a separate, hourly basis for tasks outside the scope of piece-rate work.  This means that employers of agricultural employees will need to track and compensate employees at two different pay rates, depending on the work that the individual completes.

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California: Guidance on Rounding Timekeeping Entries

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December 9, 2016

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The California Court of Appeals recently confirmed that employees may round timecard entries to the nearest tenth of an hour.  In Silva v. See’s Candy Shop, Inc., a former employee brought a class action lawsuit challenging some of See’s timekeeping practices: rounding time card entries up or down to the nearest tenth (six minutes) of an hour, and a grace period in which employees could punch in or out up to 10 minutes before or after their scheduled shift, respectively.  Employees were not to perform work during this grace period and were not paid for time spent punched in during the grace period.  Rather, employees were intended to use such grace period time for personal activities.