HERE ARE A FEW IMPORTANT CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE LAWS RELATING TO OVERTIME, WAGES AND HOURS OF WORK

Daily: Work in excess of eight hours in a workday shall be compensated at the rate of one-and-one-half times the regular rate of pay. Work in excess of 12 hours in a workday shall be compensated at the rate of double the regular rate of pay.

Weekly: Any work in excess of 40 hours in any workweek shall be compensated at the rate of one-and-one-half times the regular rate of pay.

Seventh consecutive workday: The first eight hours of work on the seventh day of work in any workweek shall be compensated at the rate of one-and-one-half times the regular rate of pay, regardless of the number of hours worked during the previous six days. Every hour worked after eight hours on the seventh consecutive workday in any workweek is paid at double the regular rate of pay.

Makeup time: If an employer approves an employee's written request to make up work time that is or would be lost as a result of a personal obligation of the employee, the hours of the makeup-work time may not be counted towards computing the total number of hours worked in a day for purposes of daily overtime, except for hours in excess of 11 per day or 40 per week. This applies only if the makeup time hours are performed in the same workweek in which the work time was lost.

Amount of Overtime Pay

The overtime pay rate is one-and-one-half times the regular rate of pay for work in excess of eight hours per day or 40 hours per week and for the first eight hours worked on the seventh consecutive workday; two times the regular rate of pay for work in excess of 12 hours per day or in excess of eight hours on the seventh consecutive workday.