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Invalidating Alternative Workweeks

The Labor Commissioner invalidates alternative workweeks for many reasons. Some of the most common include:​

  • The alternative workweek schedule was improperly implemented:
    • The alternative workweek schedule was improperly implemented:
      • A secret ballot election was not conducted.
      • Too many hours are scheduled per day.
      • The schedule was not reported to DIR.
      • Too many employees in the work unit are not on alternative workweek schedules.
    • You did not pay overtime properly for the alternative workweek schedule.
    • The people on the alternative workweek schedule no longer belonged in the original work unit.
    • Employees consistently work outside the regular schedule.
    • The alternative workweek schedule was changed without the required procedures. For example, you ask employees on a 4/10 schedule to work a 4/9 schedule during off-peak months.
    • A collective bargaining agreement containing an alternative workweek schedule expired.​

Alternative Workweek Scheduling

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