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Sharing The Wealth

By jessica Dec 1, 2007 Uncategorized

Updated: Dec 1, 2007

The California Supreme Court recently ruled that employers may lawfully use net-profit-based incentive plans to compensate their employees.1 Employers may base profit-based bonus or incentive plans on the traditional measure of company profits, regardless of whether the employee is exempt. Before the ruling, an employer would have had to add workers’ comp and other business-related […]

Employee Compensation: California Supreme Court OKs Bonus Deductions for Workers’ Comp Losses and Cash Shortages

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Oct 1, 2007 Uncategorized

Updated: Oct 1, 2007

In an important victory for employers that use bonus plans, the California Supreme Court has approved a retailer’s profit-based incentive plan that made deductions for a store’s workers’ compensation costs, cash and merchandise shortages, and other losses. In so ruling, the high court dismissed employee concerns that the plan violated various California wage and hour […]