California Meal Penalty/ Premium

[ZT_HR]

We are implementing Time tracking (Time off, Time sheet & Time Tracking)

If any employer in the state of California denies meal breaks or rest breaks to its employees (OR if employee is not taking break before start of 5th hour), Employer can be penalized under California's Meal break law. The law states that if such a violation occurs, then the employer must pay the employee one extra hour of pay at their regular hourly rate for each workday.

In other words, one of the requirements of CA Law is that employees must take a full 30 minute meal period (Break). If they do not then the company has to pay them 1 hour of pay (not work time).

Please let me know if you have implemented this statutory requirement. Thanks

[ZT_HR]

Any suggestion please?

[Volker_Ruof]

You can use the dynamic break feature that deducts a break after 30 minutes.

If the employee has not taken the break, he needs to record for example an extra time type and you can generate 1 hour of extra payment, or you provide an allowance time type "extra payment" and with save rules you ensure that only 1 as value is entered.

Regards

Volker