Wage and Hour CA Flashcards
On Call -A firefighter stays at the fire house in-between emergency calls. The city will pay the firefighter for the time spent at the fire house. This is an example of what type of pay?
The fire fighters are waiting to go to work. Since they are under the control of the organization, they are to be paid for being on-call.
The correct answer is: On-call time
All employers are required to provide their employees with:
24 hours, or 3 days, of paid sick leave annually
Make Up Time
Makeup time must be requested by the employee. Makeup time cannot require an employee to work more than 11 hours in one workday, or 40 hours in one workweek. Requests for makeup time must be in advance and in writing. Employees must use makeup time within the same workweek as the needed time off.
Sheepherders work order 14
Employers are required to provide their sheepherders with regular mail service; an appropriate form of communication to allow them to communicate with employers, health care providers, and government regulators; and visitor access to fixed-site housing and, when practical, to mobile housing.
Vacation
Vacation must be accrued
Vacation must be paid out at termination
Employers can limit accrual and carryover amounts
Employers are allowed to require vacation requests to be approved in advance and can limit the amount and timing of vacations taken.
Paystub
Inclusive dates of pay period, name and address of company, net wages earned, sick time accrued and unused
Overtime
All time worked on the seventh consecutive workday worked unless the employee has not worked more than 30 hours in the work week
All time worked over 8 hours in one workday
All time worked over 40 hours in one workweek
Payroll Deductions
Employers are permitted to make payroll deductions for garnishments, income tax, and health insurance contributions.
An employee arrives at work for their scheduled shift and informs the supervisor that they are quitting. When MUST the organization provide the final paycheck?
Within 72 hours of being notified
An employee classified as exempt under the Professional exemption MUST meet which of the following requirements?
Professional exemption would require a professional credential, certificate or license granted by the state.
Reportig Time
An employer is required to compensate an employee for reporting time when they are sent home after reporting to work; as long as there is not an Act of God, a utility failure outside of the employers control, if the employer has been threatened, or if the employer was required to cease operations by any local, state, or the federal government.
An exempt employee’s salary cannot be reduced except for:
Pay for the initial or the final week of work
An employer is not permitted to deduct pay from an exempt employee for poor performance, disciplinary action, or the unavailability of work.
Travel Time
traveling from work on company business during their normal working hours.
Labor Code Section 203 provides for the assessment of a penalty against the employer
when there is a willful failure to pay wages due to the employee at the conclusion of the employment relationship.
An organization requires employees to meet at a Park & Ride to take the shuttle to work. The law requires the employee be paid:
At least minimum wage for the entire travel time.
The company’s workweek runs Sunday-Saturday. A nurse works a regular 40-hour week Monday through Friday, then covers an eight-hour shift on Saturday and a 10-hour shift on Sunday. At which point must the employee be paid double-time?
Double time must be paid for any hours worked over eight on the seventh consecutive day worked in one workweek or over 12 in one workday. If an organization does not specify its own workday or workweek, the Department of Industrial Relations will assume an employer’s workday is from 12:01 am. to 12:00 midnight, and their workweek runs from Sunday through Saturday. So in this case, there is not a 7th consecutive day worked.
The correct answer is: No double-time pay is required
California law allows that split-shift differential is paid to employees at a minimum of:
One hour of pay at the state minimum wage.
Split-shift pay is paid at the state minimum wage.
Commission agreements need to:
All commission agreements need to be printed and signed by both the employer and the commissioned employee.
Employees under the age of 18 are required to have a work permit unless:
An employee who is under the age of 18 does not need a work permit if they are a high school graduate.
Employers are required to keep information on all employees related to
Employers are required to keep full name, address, occupation, and social security number; minor designation (if applicable); start and end times of each shift; time of meal periods, split shifts, and hours worked; total wages per pay period; total hours worked, with applicable rates of pay, for each pay period; production records for piece-rate (if applicable); and full list of deductions made per pay period.
How many IWC Wage Orders are enforced under the DLSE?
17
If an organization wanted to implement an alternative workweek, which of the following would it need to do?
Organizations must conduct a vote of affected employees, and at least two-thirds of the affected employees have to elect the alternative work schedule.
