Labor Code §2810.5 Notice (AB 469)

Under recently enacted Labor Code section 2810.5 (AB 469), California employers must give a "Notice to Employee" to new hires. The Labor Commissioner posted a sample Notice to Employee template (in several languages) and FAQs.

However, many questions still remain. For example, here are a few sent in by our members to LawRoom's "Ask the Editor" that we've answered:

• On AB469, where we have to indicate rate of pay and how overtime (OT) is calculated. Do we need to specify the OT hourly rate, or can we just specify OT is paid at 1-1/2. Do we need to go further and tell when double time is paid?
• We are a California employer and we are finalizing our template for the Employee Notice required under Labor Code 2810.5 (eff. 1/1/12). We are trying to decide if we have to include the PEO/leasing/agency section. We use agency temps, but they are not our employees. Do we still have to list those agencies?
• There is a new labor code section 2810.5 that came out that requires us to provide specific information (i.e., pay rate, workers comp carrier etc) to all new hires on form DLSE-NTE and also requires us to notify employees when there is a change to any of that information. We do notify our existing employees when they have a pay rate change via their check stub but we also provide them with a signed payroll change tag that includes the new pay rate, date of change and reason for change. Is that sufficient notification for the payroll change or are we still required to complete the DLSE-NTE for all employees?