Timekeeping & Classification
California enforces daily overtime rules, a strict 51% quantitative duties test for exempt status, minimum salary thresholds equal to 2x state minimum wage, and the ABC test for independent contractors.
Comprehensive California wage-and-hour compliance: meal & rest break timing, overtime calculation, employee classification, pay transparency (SB 1162), and itemized wage statements (Labor Code § 226).
Overtime Rules, Exemption Tests & Contractor Rules
Daily Overtime & Math Rules
Daily 1.5x/2.0x overtime standards and regular rate calculation rules.
- Meal & Rest Period Policy & Attestation Form
- Overtime & Double Time Calculation Worksheet
- Exempt vs. Non-Exempt ABC Classification Checklist
- SB 1162 Pay Scale Disclosure Template for Job Postings
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Exempt Duties & Salary Test
The 51% quantitative duties test and 2x state minimum wage salary threshold.
- Executive Exemption: primary duty managing enterprise, regularly directing 2+ employees, hire/fire authority
- Administrative Exemption: office or non-manual work directly related to management policies or general business operations
- Professional Exemption: licensed professional practice or custom creative artistic work
- California 51% Rule: employee must spend MORE THAN 50% of work time on exempt duties (unlike federal law)
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ABC Independent Contractor Test
Labor Code § 2775 3-prong test for independent contractor classification.
- California ABC Test under Labor Code § 2775 (Dynamex standard)
- Prong A: Free from control and direction of hiring entity in performance of work
- Prong B: Performs work outside usual course of hiring entity's business
- Prong C: Customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business
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