Court Upholds Repeal of Rule on Mandatory Overtime Pay
California’s repeal of mandatory overtime for nonunion members working more than eight hours a day--spearheaded by Gov. Pete Wilson--was upheld Thursday by a state appeals court, which said the repeal puts the state in step with the rest of the nation.
The new rules, which took effect Jan. 1 for 8 million workers, were adopted validly by the state Industrial Welfare Commission and do not conflict with any state law, said the 1st District Court of Appeal.
The court praised the change, noting that federal law and the laws of 46 other states require overtime only for work weeks longer than 40 hours.
In recent years, mandatory overtime for workdays longer than eight hours has been “increasingly out of step with the desire of workers and employers for more flexible workweeks,” Presiding Justice J. Clinton Peterson said in the 3-0 ruling.
The change was ordered last year by a commission whose members were appointed by Wilson.
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