2011 California Code
Labor Code
DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION [200 - 2699.5]
CHAPTER 1. General
Section 500
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.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 134, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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