Cal. Code Regs. tit. 2, § 599.708
Call Back Time.
Effective Jan 1, 2026Register 2025, No. 37Authority cited: Sections 18502, 19815.4(d) and 19849.1, Government Code. Reference: Sections 19843, 19844, 19845, 19846, 19847, 19848, 19849 and 19851, Government Code.State of California
- (a) When an employee in Work Week Group 2 who has completed a normal work shift, or is on an authorized day off, is ordered back to work, the employee shall be credited with a minimum of four hours' work time provided the call back to work is without having been notified prior to completion of the work shift, or the notification is prior to completion of the work shift and the work begins more than three hours after the completion of the work shift.
- (b) When such an employee is called back under these conditions within four hours of the beginning of a previous call or an additional call is received while still working on an earlier call back, the employee shall not receive an additional four hours' credit for the new call back.
- (c) When such an employee is called back within four hours of the beginning of the employee's next shift, call back credit shall be received only for the hours remaining before the beginning of the employee's next shift.
- (d) When staff meetings, training sessions, or work assignments are regularly scheduled on an employee's authorized day off, the employee shall receive call back compensation; when staff meetings and training sessions are regularly scheduled on an employee's normal work day and outside the employee's normal work shift, overtime compensation shall be received in accordance with the regulations governing overtime.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 18502, 19815.4(d) and 19849.1, Government Code. Reference: Sections 19843, 19844, 19845, 19846, 19847, 19848, 19849 and 19851, Government Code.
History
1. Change without regulatory effect amending first paragraph and Note filed 10-13-2014 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2014, No. 42).
2. Amendment filed 9-8-2025; operative 1-1-2026 (Register 2025, No. 37).