California Labor Laws & Tardiness

California's Department of Labor has established specific laws relating to labor in the state of California. These laws were created to promote fairness for both the employer and the employee.

Wages

Minimum wage in the state of California is $8 per hour, as of August 2010. Some positions are not required by the state of California to earn minimum wage; ths positions include outside sales people; employees who are the parent, spouse or child of the employer; and apprentices. Other exceptions to minimum wage include physically disabled employees, mentally disabled employees and employees of nonprofit organizations.

Overtime

Employees who work more than ieight hours daily or 40 hours weekly shall be paid overtime wages. In the state of California, overtime wages should be at least one and a half times the regular hourly rate of the employee if the overtime is up to 12 hours a day and double the hourly rate if the employee is there for more than 12 hours in a day.

Tardiness

Companies are lawfully able to deduct wages if an employee is tardy to work. The state of California regulated wage deductions to ensure that the wages deducted to not exceed those that the employee would earn during the time lost. If the employee is tardy by less than 30 minutes, the company can deduct a half hour's wage. Any tardiness exceeding 30 minutes shall be deducted at the normal rate of pay.

References

• California Government: Minimum Wage
• California Government: Overtime
• California Government: Deductions