This training program will discuss the wage and hour requirements for calculating and paying overtime in the state of california. The course will elaborate the requirements for calculating overtime and double time in California to ensure compliance with the state’s wage and hour laws.
Learning Objectives:
- For the attendee to understand the requirements for calculating overtime and double time in California to ensure compliance with the state’s wage and hour laws.
- To ensure that those attending have a sound knowledge of the terms used in wage and hour law regarding paying overtime such as “regular rate of pay”, “workweek” “fluctuating workweek” and “alternative workweek”.
- To explain the calculations needed for when an employee is paid different rates of pay within the same workweek and is due overtime pay. To discuss the requirements for compensatory time off as opposed to make-up time and explain the difference between the two under California law.
- To show where California follows the federal standards and where it differs and how to determine which has priority.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- Overtime: CA has daily and weekly overtime and daily and weekly double time. Learn how to determine when its straight time, overtime or double time and how to calculate it
- The definition of a workweek and a workday and their effects on calculating overtime
- Alternative workweeks: Are your employees eligible to have alternative workweeks and are you required to offer them
- What are considered hours worked
- How does California require employers to calculate the regular rate of pay
- Do the eight exceptions to inclusion of payments in the regular rate of pay under the FLSA also apply in California
- Compensatory time instead of overtime - is it permitted in CA
- Handling make-up time properly
- What to do when an employee is paid two or more rates in a work week
- Overtime for piece workers and commissioned employees
- What is California’s policy on fluctuating workweeks and overtime pay
- Are meal and rest period sanctions included in the regular rate of pay
- Tip credit and compulsory service charges and their effect on overtime
- Wage orders and their requirements for overtime
- Overtime and agricultural workers
Who Will Benefit:
- Payroll Executives/Managers/Administrators/Professionals/Practitioners/Entry Level Personnel
- Human Resources Executives/Managers/Administrators
- Accounting Personnel
- Business Owners/Executive Officers/Operations and Departmental Managers
- Lawmakers
- Attorneys/Legal Professionals
- Any individual or entity that must deal with the complexities and requirements of Payroll compliance issues
Speaker
Vicki M. LambertCourse Provider
Vicki M. Lambert,
