The start of 2024 is the perfect time for companies to conduct a California employment law audit to ensure policies are compliant, managers are properly trained, and the company is maintaining the required records for the necessary length of time. Here are five topics to review in conducting an audit and a few suggested questions for each topic (feel free to reach out to us as well for a self-audit, we conduct periodic audits for our clients as a preventative measure):

1. Hiring Practices

• Are applications seeking appropriate information?
  • Ensure compliance with state and local ban the box regulations.
  • Ensure applications and hiring managers are no longer asking about marijuana use, and employers in the fast-food industry must be careful not to condition hiring upon the applicant already having a food handler card.
• Are new hires provided with required policies and notices?
• Are new hires provided and acknowledge recommended policies?
  • For example: meal period waivers for shifts less than six hours
• Are hiring managers trained about the correct questions to ask during the interview?
• Does the company provide new hires (and existing employees) with arbitration agreements that comply with California law?

2. Records

• Are employee files maintained confidentially and for at least four years?
• Are employee time records maintained for at least four years?
• Are employee schedules maintained for at least four years?
• Do the managers have set forms for the following:
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