New Overtime Laws

California's overtime laws will change again on January 1, 2000. The Legislature has recently passed, and Governor Gray Davis has signed, Assembly Bill 60. Among other things, the new law reinstates daily overtime in California.

Starting January 1, 2000, eight hours of labor will once again constitute a day's work for employees who are not exempt from the overtime regulations. Unless special arrangements are made, as described further below, all employees who work more than eight hours in a single workday must be paid one-and-a-half times their regular hourly rate for their hours worked in excess of eight. Those employees must also be paid one-and-a-half times their regular rate for hours in excess of forty during the regular workweek.