CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3187Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-NorrisFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 500 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3187, as introduced, Petrie-Norris. Employment: wages and hours: overtime.Existing law, with certain exceptions, establishes 8 hours as a days work and a 40-hour workweek, and requires payment of prescribed overtime compensation for additional hours worked. Existing law authorizes the adoption by 2/3 of employees in a work unit of alternative workweek schedules providing for workdays no longer than 10 hours within a 40-hour workweek. Existing law defines terms for those purposes.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those definitions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 500 of the Labor Code is amended to read:500.For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:500. As used in this chapter:(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, hours that includes 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. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3187Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-NorrisFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 500 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3187, as introduced, Petrie-Norris. Employment: wages and hours: overtime.Existing law, with certain exceptions, establishes 8 hours as a days work and a 40-hour workweek, and requires payment of prescribed overtime compensation for additional hours worked. Existing law authorizes the adoption by 2/3 of employees in a work unit of alternative workweek schedules providing for workdays no longer than 10 hours within a 40-hour workweek. Existing law defines terms for those purposes.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those definitions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3187 Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-NorrisFebruary 21, 2020 Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris February 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 500 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 3187, as introduced, Petrie-Norris. Employment: wages and hours: overtime. Existing law, with certain exceptions, establishes 8 hours as a days work and a 40-hour workweek, and requires payment of prescribed overtime compensation for additional hours worked. Existing law authorizes the adoption by 2/3 of employees in a work unit of alternative workweek schedules providing for workdays no longer than 10 hours within a 40-hour workweek. Existing law defines terms for those purposes.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those definitions. Existing law, with certain exceptions, establishes 8 hours as a days work and a 40-hour workweek, and requires payment of prescribed overtime compensation for additional hours worked. Existing law authorizes the adoption by 2/3 of employees in a work unit of alternative workweek schedules providing for workdays no longer than 10 hours within a 40-hour workweek. Existing law defines terms for those purposes. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those definitions. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 500 of the Labor Code is amended to read:500.For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:500. As used in this chapter:(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, hours that includes 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. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 500 of the Labor Code is amended to read:500.For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:500. As used in this chapter:(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, hours that includes 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. SECTION 1. Section 500 of the Labor Code is amended to read: ### SECTION 1. 500.For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:500. As used in this chapter:(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, hours that includes 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. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 500. As used in this chapter:(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, hours that includes 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. 500. As used in this chapter:(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, hours that includes 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. 500. As used in this chapter: (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, hours that includes 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.