Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Is there a minimum number of hours that an employer is required to pay for an on call (temporary) staff person? For example, if two on calls are scheduled to work in a public library branch and one isn't needed, must that person be paid a minimum of 2 hours or just the amount of time that they were at work?

On calls are not regular employees

Thanks,

C Graber


Asked on 10/05/10, 3:28 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

They must be paid 1/2 their regular shift, but not less than two and not more than four hours. They do not have to be regular employees to have a regular shift length. It just needs to be the normal or average shift they work when called in.

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Answered on 10/10/10, 11:26 pm


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