Minimum Hours of Work

California law does not specify a minimum number of hours for which an employee must be regularly scheduled each shift.

For example, you can schedule an employee for a recurring one-hour shift to attend a training meeting or to provide additional coverage during the lunch rush at a restaurant. In these circumstances, the employee must be paid only for the actual time worked, which is one hour.

However, each Wage Order does contain a reporting time pay requirement, which requires that employees are paid for specified minimum hours if the employee: