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Labor Laws For California Overtime In Philadelphia
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Your employer may dictate your work schedule, and in some instances, that can include overtime hours. It is not uncommon for an employee to be terminated or seriously disciplined if they refuse to work overtime hours. Under California state law, employers have this right if an employee refuses to work overtime hours.
To be exempt from overtime protections as a managerial or executive employee in California, you must make twice the state minimum wage. (See question 1.)
California has regulations for OT over 8 hours in a day, and then additional for the 7th consecutive day. ( ).
About the Law: If an employee does work for more than six days in a row, the first eight hours worked on the seventh day must be compensated at 1.5x the normal hourly wage. Any time worked beyond the first eight hours must be compensated at 2x the normal hourly wage.
Your employer may dictate your work schedule, and in some instances, that can include overtime hours. It is not uncommon for an employee to be terminated or seriously disciplined if they refuse to work overtime hours. Under California state law, employers have this right if an employee refuses to work overtime hours.
For each overtime hour worked you are entitled to an additional one-half the regular rate for hours requiring time and one-half, and to the full rate for hours requiring double time.
Employees on a 9/8/80 schedule must work the schedule identified on their calendar, and may not alter their schedule in any way that results in the employee working more than 40 hours in a work week. No proposed AWWS schedule may result in a full-time employee working more than 40 hours in a work week.
File a wage claim and learn about labor rights. Report labor law violations. File a retaliation or discrimination complaint. Contact the Labor Commissioner's Office at 1-844-522-6734 or EmploymentStatus@dir.ca.
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Any work in excess of 12 hours in one day shall be compensated at the rate of no less than twice the regular rate of pay for an employee. You have to pay 1.5x of the employee's base wage rate.Non-exempt employees are entitled to overtime pay at a rate of one and one-half times their regular pay rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. If an employee works more than 40 hours in a workweek they must be paid 1.5 times their base rate for all hours worked beyond 40 hours. What Is The "8 And 80" Overtime System? Generally, an employer is required to pay overtime compensation for any hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek. In the U.S., the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) oversees federal overtime laws. Generally, an employer is required to pay overtime compensation for any hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek. 29 U.S.C. § 207(a). If an employee does work for more than six days in a row, the first eight hours worked on the seventh day must be compensated at 1.5x the normal hourly wage.