Complimentary On-Demand Webinar: The Time is NOW to Update Commission Plans for Next Year

The time is now for employers to begin developing their sales commission plans for 2025! California law generally requires reasonable advance notice for commission plan (and other policy changes), and does not allow changes to be made retroactively (i.e., to January 1 if published thereafter).

Watch this complimentary on-demand (recorded) webinar for a detailed review of California's surprisingly stringent laws on commission pay, including:

• Often-overlooked statutory commission pay plan requirements.
• Legal requirements to pay a commission to a former employee, regardless of the plan's language.
• Precise plan language requirements required to prevent "chargebacks" from being considered unlawful deductions from earned wages.
• Checklist of key commission plan provisions, and common employer mistakes with commission plans.
• Legal restrictions on when an employer may modify or terminate a previously published commission plan, regardless of the plan's modification/termination language.
• Why the law generally requires most sales staff to be non-exempt (overtime eligible), other than managers and traveling salespersons.
• How overtime pay must account for commissions.

Registrants can access several handouts by clicking the gotwebinar handouts icon after accessing the program.

This is an edited recording of a webinar presented on October 18, 2023 by Ray Hixson and Brian Nagatani, who are partners of the law firm Hixson Nagatani LLP. Hixson Nagatani LLP advises and represents employers in a wide range of employment law matters. The firm provides advice and counsel on proactive steps that employers should take to ensure compliance and minimize legal risks, including with respect to creating and updating personnel policies and practices, personnel-related forms, risk assessment of contemplated personnel actions, and managers' legal training. The firm also defends employers against actual and threatened employee claims, including claims made in state and federal courts, arbitration, and government agencies.

Please note that the webinar does not address changes in the law since the original program date. Please also note that the webinar provides only general information about the law, and does not constitute legal advice. Companies or individual seeking legal advice should retain counsel. HR and attorney continuing education credits are not available for watching this recorded program.

You may access the program’s handouts by clicking the gotowebinar handouts icon after accessing the program.