California Labor Guidance
Free plain-English summaries of opinion letters, administrative policies, and interpretive notices from California's labor agency, with the current status and the official source on every page.
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What constitutes a written contract for a definite period, for waiting-time penalty purposes
A law firm asked DLSE whether an employer faces waiting-time penalties under Labor Code section 203 when an employee with a written one-year contract quits and isn't paid final wages within 72 hours. …
Deductions for overpayment of wages
An employee asked DLSE what the law is when an employer overpays wages, and how DLSE enforces it. DLSE explained that under Barnhill v. Saunders and CSEA v. State of California, an employer cannot sim…
DLSE will enforce third party beneficiary prevailing-wage claims
A private investigator asked DLSE to revisit its policy of declining to process wage claims brought by workers as third party beneficiaries of public or private construction contracts that require pay…
Payment of commissions upon termination of employment
A law firm asked DLSE when commissions must be paid to a terminated retail employee, and when waiting-time penalties begin and end, where the employer normally calculates and pays monthly commissions …
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These are official interpretive documents from California's labor agency: opinion letters answering questions from employers and workers, administrative policies, and interpretive notices. They show how the agency applies wage-and-hour and workplace law to real situations, but they are guidance, not statutes or court decisions, and the agency can supersede or withdraw them. Every page above shows the document's current status, when that status was last verified, and a link to the official source.