Overview
A number of US states have a rule known as ‘Call-in pay’ (also known as reporting time pay). This regulation ensures that employees who report to work as scheduled receive minimum compensation, even if they are sent home early or not provided with their full scheduled hours.
These states include:
New York
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Oregon
New Hampshire
District of Columbia
Each state has different requirements in terms of the minimum shift duration (or combined shifts duration) and the penalty to be incurred (i.e. whether the top-up pay is paid at the employee's normal hourly wage or minimum wage.)
California requirements
California also has the concept of call-in pay. However, it is calculated differently than the rest of the states as it does not have the notion of a 'minimum shift duration'.
Each workday an employee is required to report to work, but is not put to work or is furnished with less than half of his or her usual or scheduled day's work, he or she must be paid for half the usual or scheduled day's work, but in no event for less than two hours nor more than four hours, at his or her regular rate of pay.
The 'top-up' pay in California is always based on the employee's regular rate of pay, and not the minimum wage.
This rule is currently available on request, and cannot be configured by merchants themselves through SocialSchedules. Please contact Support if you would like this rule enabled for your Company.
Please supply:
For all states:
Which employees the rule is to apply for (if not all employees)
For all states except California:
Minimum shift duration (single shift)
Minimum combined shift duration (2 shifts) - if applicable
Minimum combined shift duration (3 shifts) - if applicable
Whether minimum wage or the employee's regular rate is used for the top-up rate
If minimum wage, what minimum wage should be used