1. Richard is a supervisor at Workbit, which has over 40 employees, most of which are located at the main office in Carson. The other day, Richard heard Tom and Raymond discussing their pay. Richard recalled that discussing compensation is prohibited under Workbit's employment policies and the policy is stated in Workbit's employee handbook. Richard calls Tom and Raymond into his office and informs them that both of them are subject to discipline and will be suspended without pay for one week for violating company policies. Which is an incorrect statement of the law?
a. Workbit needs to revise its employee handbook
b. Workbit needs to re-train Richard so that he does not restrict (or appear to restrict) employees from discussing wages.
c. Richard may want to be able to explain to Tom and Raymond if there are any factors which justify pay differentials if they are performing substantially similar jobs.
d. Workbit should review its pay policies and practices to make sure that both Tom and Raymond do not have pay differentials for performing the same job.
2. An employer can avoid having to pay an employee overtime at one-and-one-half the employee's normal hourly rate for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week by having the employee sign a contract agreeing to waive the overtime rate. True or False
3. California employers are prohibited from using the E-Verify system to check the eligibility of its current workforce to work in the USA. True or False
4. California's Fair Pay Act requires employers to eliminate gender-based and race-based wage gaps for work that involves equal work at the same establishment if the skill, effort and responsibility levels can be compared. True or False