Amendments to Alternative Work Schedules
The California Labor Code provides that an Alternative Work Week is any regularly scheduled workweek requiring an employee to work more than eight hours in a 24 hours period without the requirement to pay overtime for the hours in excess of 8 per day. An Alternative Work Week schedule may consist of a single schedule or a "menu" of options from which an employee can choose.
Labor Code Section 511 has been amended for 2010 pertaining to the Alternative Work Week. The amendment permits employers to include in their "menu" of options an eight-hour day as a valid alternative work week schedule.
Also, the changes to the Code provide that employees may move from one menu choice to another - so that if an employee originally agrees to work 4 days, 10 hours per day, then they can choose another option on the menu of alternative work schedules such as 4 days, 9 hours per day with one 4 hour shift (a 9/80). The employee can change their schedule by choosing a different option.
Amendments to Alternative Work Schedules
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