California A.B. 2932, a new bill proposed by California Assembly Members Evan Low, D-Campbell, and Cristina Garcia, D-Bell Gardens, would amend Section 510 of the California Labor Code to change the workweek from the standard 40-hour workweek to a 32-hour workweek.
A.B. 2932's New Overtime Requirements
Presently, California employees are entitled to overtime pay for any time worked after eight hours in a day or 40 hours in a week. Overtime is paid at one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay.
California is one of the few states with the eight-hour daily overtime threshold. The remaining states all comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act, which only requires overtime after 40 hours in a week.
If passed, A.B. 2932 would make California the only state in the country to lower its 40-hour weekly overtime threshold to 32 hours, further cementing its status as the most anti-employer jurisdiction in the country. Employers with less than 500 employees in total would be exempt from A.B. 2932.
If passed, the law would mark the first change to the definition of the standard 40-hour workweek in the United States since 1926 -- when the Ford Motor Co. first adopted a five-day, 40-hour workweek. However, since being proposed in February, the bill has been subject to controversy and criticism from assembly members, interest groups and media outlets.1
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