Labor & Employment Seminar Series – The Preventive Playbook: Wage & Hour Compliance Strategies
- When: Apr 22, 2026 09:30 am PDT - 11:30 am PDT
- Where: 400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814
In spite of recent PAGA reforms, wage-and-hour lawsuits continue to plague California employers. Even highly conscientious organizations find themselves targeted for technical violations they never intended to commit. With California’s rapidly evolving wage‑and‑hour landscape—and steadily rising minimum wage, expanded enforcement authority, heightened premium‑pay obligations, and complex exemption rules—unintentional non‑compliance remains one of the most-costly risks employers face. Proactive compliance measures are now not only a best practice but a strategic defense tool for mitigating that risk.
Join Weintraub Tobin Labor & Employment attorneys Ryan Abernethy, Lukas Clary, and Nikki Mahmoudi as they provide practical insights and actionable guidance to help you prevent violations, reduce exposure, and strategically position your organization to take full advantage of PAGA’s new incentive structures.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
- How recent PAGA reforms incentivize proactive compliance
- Requirements for compliant time records and wage statements
- Minimizing off‑the‑clock work claims
- Avoiding underpayment by eliminating rounding practices
- Properly calculating minimum wage, overtime, and premium pay (regular rate)
- Providing compliant meal/rest breaks and identifying/correcting violations
- Properly reimbursing business expenses
- Using self‑audits and other proactive measures to cure issues early
Approved for 2.0 hours of MCLE credit. This program will be submitted to the HR Certification Institute for review.