CA OT Laws

Joanne Osorio

If we have an employee who is scheduled to work 4 10 hrs. One of those days they only worked 9 hrs does he still get paid the 1 hr ot since he did not work the 10 hrs as scheduled?

HR in CA

Yes, under AWS (alternative Work Schedules) there is a short shift penalty. It was established to prevent employer abusing the AWS. It requires the employer to pay overtime for work in excess of eight hours. If however the employee does not work over 8 hours there is no penalty. Also the penalty does not apply when an employee voluntarily requests to leave work early.

Hope this answers your question.

lnelson

Agree with HR in CA
OT pay is only given if er has scheduled the ee for 9 hrs instead of the agreed upon AWS 4 x 10hr day.

If the ee chose to leave early no OT pay is given per the agreed AWS.