A domestic work employee who is a personal attendant shall not be employed more than nine hours in any workday or more than 45 hours in any workweek unless the employee receives one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over nine hours in any workday and for all hours worked more than 45 hours in the workweek.

(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 374, Sec. 1. (AB 241) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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Terms Used In California Labor Code 1454

  • Domestic work: means services related to the care of persons in private households or maintenance of private households or their premises. See California Labor Code 1451
  • Personal attendant: means any person employed by a private householder or by any third-party employer recognized in the health care industry to work in a private household, to supervise, feed, or dress a child, or a person who by reason of advanced age, physical disability, or mental deficiency needs supervision. See California Labor Code 1451
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