Managing medical leaves of absence in California can be challenging. In 2014, California enacted AB 1522 which created California’s paid sick leave (PSL) law applicable to most California employers. Although California’s Paid Sick Leave law did not become effective until July 1, 2015, California has already begun tweaking the new benefit. Effective [...]

California Labor Code §§ 230.8 and 233 (commonly referred to as The Family School Partnership [...]

Beginning January 1, 2015, the IRS standard mileage rate deduction for business use of a vehicle is 57.5 cents per mile, up one and a half cents from the 2014 IRS mileage rate of 56 cents per [...]

On July 1, 2014, California’s minimum wage increases to $9 per hour, up $1 from $8 per hour. On January 1, 2016, California’s minimum wage increases will again increase to $10 an [...]

In short, yes. Severance pay must generally be paid in the form of a payroll check. Although the courts in the United States were split on the issue, the United States Supreme Court in a unanimous 8-0 decision has ruled that severance pay is wages and as such is subject not only to income withholding, but also social security and medicare taxes (commonly referred to as FICA).

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