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Understand your
responsibilities as an employer.
Avoid non-compliance of labor
laws. Penalties may include:
Missed
meal
breaks
- In one
of the
biggest
meal-break
settlements
in
California,
United
Parcel
Service
in 2007
agreed
to pay
$87
million
to more
than
10,000
drivers
in
California
to
settle a
class-action
lawsuit.
Sutter
Health
settles
with 38 employees
in
November
which
totaled
$410,336,
averaging
roughly
$10,798.
Work
Eligibility
Compliance
(Form
I-9) -
Mistakes
can cost
you $110
to
$1,100
per
mistake.
HIPPA
Security
Compliance
- Civil
penalties
are up
to
$1,000
per
violation,
up to
$25,000
per
person.
Criminal
sanctions
for
knowing
misuse
or
disclosures
of
protected
health
information carry
fines of
$50,000
to
$250,000
and one
to ten
years
imprisonment.
Federal
and
California
Employment
Posters
- may be
subject
to
criminal
penalties,
as well
as civil
liability
actions,
including
assessments
of up to
$7,000.
Delayed
final
paychecks
- The
waiting
time
penalty
is an
amount
equal to
the
employee’s
daily
rate of
pay for
each day
the
wages
remain
unpaid,
up to a
maximum
of 30
calendar
days.
Penalties
accrue
not only
on the
days
that the
employee
might
have
worked,
but also
on
non-workdays.
Delayed
COBRA
Notification
- Could
result
in $110
per day.
Delayed
ERISA
Notification
- Could
result
in $110
per day.
Sexual
Harassment
Training
- If not
provided
by
employers
of 50 or
more
there is
no
monetary
penalty.
However,
California
could
issue
orders
to
comply
if a
business
is found
not to
have
conducted
training
and that
could
lead to
state
auditors
investigating
other
practices
of that
business.
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