Pay and Hours
Many laws apply to the number of hours employees work and the wages they are paid. These laws cover minimum wages, overtime wages, unpaid work hours, vacation pay, wage deductions, pay stubs, tips, breaks, and more.
Which laws apply to you may depend on what type of work you do, who your employer is, and where you do your work.
Check these fact sheets, guides, and resources for information about your rights and steps you can take to protect them. If you need further information or assistance, contact the Workers’ Rights Clinic.
Fact Sheets and Other Self-Help Tools
- Overview of Wage and Hour Law printer-friendly version
- Changes in Pay printer-friendly version
- Comp Time printer-friendly version
- Deductions from Pay printer-friendly version
- Getting Your Final Paycheck printer-friendly version
- Severance Pay printer-friendly version
- Overtime Pay printer-friendly version
- Pay Days, Late Pay, Bounced Paychecks printer-friendly version
- Exemptions from Overtime Pay printer-friendly version
- Minimum Wage printer-friendly version
- Reimbursement of Expenses printer-friendly version
- Uniforms, Tools and Equipment printer-friendly version
- Tips and Tip Pooling printer-friendly version
- Vacation and Sick Pay printer-friendly version
- Meal Breaks and Rest Breaks printer-friendly version
- Alternative Workweeks printer-friendly version
- Do-It-Yourself Recovery of Unpaid Wages printer-friendly version
- Collecting Your Judgment: A Step-by-Step Approach printer-friendly version
Key Resources
- CA “Labor Commissioner” (Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement [DLSE])
- US Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division