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Cal. Labor Code § 500 (2026)

General — Working Hours

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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a)“Workday” and “day” mean any consecutive 24-hour period commencing at the same time each calendar day.

(b)“Workweek” and “week” mean any seven consecutive days, starting with the same calendar day each week. “Workweek” is a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours, seven consecutive 24-hour periods.

(c)“Alternative workweek schedule” means any regularly scheduled workweek requiring an employee to work more than eight hours in a 24-hour period.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2007–2022 · leading case: In re Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Wage & Hour Litig., 505 F. Supp. 2d 609 (N.D. Cal. 2007).
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In re Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Wage & Hour Litig., 505 F. Supp. 2d 609 (N.D. Cal. 2007). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs assert six claims for relief against Wal-Mart, alleging that Wal-Mart has “administered and employed a corporate policy, practice and/or custom” of engaging in the following: (1) violations of California Labor Code sections 201-203 by late payment of wages at…”
Kerbes v. Raceway Assocs., LLC, 961 N.E.2d 865 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2011). “Compare Cal. Labor Code § 500 (b) (West 2010), with 56 Ill.”
Kerbes v. Raceway Assocs., 2011 IL App (1st) 110318. “Compare Cal. Labor Code § 500 (b) (West 2010), with 56 Ill.”
Nunez v. Bae Sys. San Diego Ship Repair Inc., 292 F. Supp. 3d 1018 (S.D. Cal. 2017). “5 in particular, California Labor Code §§ 300 et seq. ; California Labor Code §§ 400 et seq.”
Weigele v. Fedex Ground Package Sys., Inc., 267 F.R.D. 614 (S.D. Cal. 2010). “Code § 510(a); see also Cal. Lab. Code § 500 (defining, inter alia, “workday,” “day,” and “workweek”).”
Small v. Superior Court, 148 Cal. App. 4th 222 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007). “” (Lab. Code, § 500 et seq; all statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated.”
Curtis Higgins v. Am. Bottling Co., No. 2:22-cv-05351 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 21, 2022). · cites it 3× “Code § 2802 ); (2) failure to pay minimum statutory wages for all hour worked ( Cal. Lab. Code §§500 , 510, 1194, 1194.2); (3) failure to pay minimum statutory wages for all hour worked ( Cal.”
Quinonez v. Payless 4 Plumbing, No. E074467 (Cal. Ct. App. Oct. 7, 2021). “(Lab. Code, §§ 500, 510, & 1194.) 1 Quinonez alleged Beltran owned or controlled the Payless 4 Plumbing business and “exercised control over the labor practices of each and every one of the employees .”
Singh v. Inter-Con Sec. Sys., No. H047337 (Cal. Ct. App. July 29, 2022). “3 does not apply at all to employees of a temporary services employer Labor Code section 500, subdivision (b), provides: “ ‘Workweek’ and ‘week’ 8 mean any seven consecutive days, starting with the same calendar day each week.”
Arredondo v. Sw. & Pac. Specialty Fin., Inc., No. 1:18-cv-01737, 2019 WL 4596776 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 23, 2019). “) 15 FACTUAL BACKGROUND 16 As alleged in the first amended complaint, plaintiff was a non-exempt, hourly worker 17 within the meaning of California Labor Code § 500 et seq, employed by defendant as a Store 18 Manager at various locations in California from April 16, 2008 through…”
Salvador Calzadillas v. Wonderful Co., No. 1:19-cv-00172, 2019 WL 5448308 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 24, 2019). “) Plaintiffs are, and have been throughout the relevant period, non- 6 exempt employees within the meaning of California Labor Code § 500 et seq. and the rules and 7 regulations of California Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order No.”
Rashon Hayes v. Salt & Straw, LLC, No. 2:20-cv-03063, 2020 WL 2745244 (C.D. Cal. May 27, 2020). “” 13 Cal. Lab. Code § 500 . If an employer and a unit of employees agree to adopt an 14 alternative workweek schedule, those employees forfeit their right to collect overtime 15 wages for working more than ten hours per day.”
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