🎄 Holiday Bonuses: Don’t Pull a Clark Griswold
Thinking about giving holiday bonuses? Great idea! Just make sure you’re not pulling a Clark Griswold — promising the pool, then handing out a jelly-of-the-month subscription.
In California, bonuses aren’t just festive — they can be legally tricky.

You know what’s expensive? That $2,000 employment law consultation you’ve been avoiding. You know what’s really expensive? The $200,000 settlement you’ll pay when your “creative” interpretation of overtime rules catches up with you.

The restaurant industry just caught a break – but don’t pop the champagne yet. California’s sweeping Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) reforms, signed into law in July 2024, have fundamentally changed the game for restaurant owners facing wage and hour litigation.