On June 30, in Sacramento, the Industrial Welfare Commission was scheduled to hold a hearing to review current overtime and other wage and hour rules and come up with new wage orders. The commission planned to discuss and take action on several issues including these key items:
- Procedures for adopting and terminating alternative workweeks;
- New proposals regarding the types of duties that qualify for the executive, administrative and professional exemption from overtime;
- Rules regarding alternative workweeks of up to 12 hours in the health care industry, including whether employees working such an alternative workweek should receive overtime after 36 or 40 hours, and who qualifies as a health care employee;
- Proposed language regarding minimum wage alternatives in the commercial fishing industry, and a provision permitting workweeks of up to 48 hours without overtime in the ski industry.
The HR Management & Compliance Report: How To Comply with California Wage & Hour Law, explains everything you need to know to stay in compliance with the state’s complex and ever-changing rules, laws, and regulations in this area. Coverage on bonuses, meal and rest breaks, overtime, alternative workweeks, final paychecks, and more.
Interim Wage Order Still In Effect
Next month we’ll have full details on action taken at the hearing. The current Interim Wage Order will stay in force until October 1, 2000.