Your church or nonprofit organization’s rest break policy for California employees may need to be revised in light of a recent court ruling. On December 22, 2016, the California Supreme Court, in the matter of Augustus v. ABM Security Services, Inc., concluded that a nonexempt employee must be completely off-duty while taking a rest break and may not be “on-call” during the break. Specifically, the …
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As you may have learned by now, on November 22, 2016, a U.S. District Court Judge granted a preliminary injunction enjoining the federal Department of Labor’s Overtime Final Rule from going into effect on December 1, 2016. If the injunction had not been granted, the rule would have required employees who meet the executive, administrative, or professional exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) …
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It’s election season. Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or church may be wondering if it can, and if so, to what extent, support or oppose political candidates or issues. There are two prohibitions found in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that your organization must follow. Under the code, your organization must ensure that “no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, …
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