Legal Question in Employment Law in California
Pay for mandatory meetings on a day off
I work for a very large retail company with stores all over CA. We were just told that we will now be required to attend a mandatory meeting every Sat. The meeting is ony 30 minutes long and most of us have two Saturdays off per month and will be required to go in for the 30 mins on our day off. How many hours are they required to pay us for and does it count as overtime? Are they able to say that the meeting is mandatory and all must attend day off or not? That would only give me one day off per week, it just doesn't seem right.
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Re: Pay for mandatory meetings on a day off
The employer can require that you come in for mandatory meetings, but assuming that you are a non-exempt employee, you must be paid for the reporting time. This means that they must pay you for no less than half a day's pay, up to four hours, even if you were only there for half an hour. In addition, if the half-hour on Saturday, put you over 40 hours worked in the week, they must pay you at the overtime premium of time and a half.
All this should be posted on the Industrial Welfare Order employers are required to post in a conspicuous place. You could point this out to your manager. If they refuse to pay you according to the law, see a labor law attorney in your area or contact the nearest Labor Commissioner's office.
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