Legal Question in Employment Law in California

No, the rule is a little more complicated than that. The rule only applies to meeting the minimum wage requirement. It states that they cannot take a credit against their minimum wage obligation of more than 2/3 of the fair rental value, to a maximum amount of $451.89/month for a single manager, $668.46 if both members of a couple are employed in the management of the complex. So what they pay you in cash each month, if anything, plus $451.89, divided by the number of hours you work in a month, must add up to $8/hr or more. So what the limit really means is that if they are paying you in rent credit alone, they cannot work you more than 56.5 hours a month (assuming you do not work any overtime). If they pay you any cash, then that would be added. So, for example, if they give you a rent credit plus $200/month, then they could work you 81.5 hours a month (again assuming no overtime). Bottom line: it is not a limit on how much rent discount they can give you, it is a limit on how much of that discount can be applied to meeting the minimum wage law.