The California Legislature seems intent on ending piece-rate pay as we have known it. A law effective January 1, 2016, goes beyond the previously discussed Bluford and Gonzalez decisions to mandate that employees who earn piece-rate wages be paid a special, separate rate for rest and recovery periods, as well as for all “other non-productive time.” Further, that rate will require special calculation and the itemized wage statement must report additional information (number of hours of each activity and the corresponding rates of pay). But don’t take our word for it. Read it and weep here.
