News from the GCVCC Business Legislative Advocacy Committee

Letter of Support:

The California Chamber of Commerce and the organizations listed below are pleased to SUPPORT your
AB 230 (Voepel). AB 230 will allow employee-selected flexible work schedules.

California is one of the only states that requires employers to pay daily overtime after eight hours of work
in addition to weekly overtime after 40 hours of work. Even other states that impose daily overtime
requirements allow the employer and employee to essentially waive the daily eight-hour overtime
requirement through a written agreement. California, however, provides no such common-sense
alternative. Rather, California requires employers to navigate through a multi-step process to have
employees elect an alternative workweek schedule that, once adopted, must be “regularly” scheduled. This
process is filled with potential traps that could lead to costly litigation, as one misstep may render the entire
alternative workweek schedule invalid and leave the employer on the hook for claims of unpaid overtime
wages.

Full Letter:

AB 230 Author Support Coalition