Compensation and Payroll Practices Policy
(CA)

Summary

This template is a Compensation and Payroll Practices Policy (CA) that covers payment of wages, deductions from wages, exempt employees, timekeeping (including off-the clock prohibitions), overtime, breaks for nursing mothers, on-call time, and wage and hour complaints. It contains practical guidance, drafting notes, alternate clauses, and optional clauses. This template is intended for private employers. Employers may include this policy in an employee handbook or distribute it as a standalone policy. Its language has been customized to comply with California and federal law. As a result, the text of this template differs from the non-jurisdictional Compensation and Payroll Practices Policy. For a non-jurisdictional employee handbook, see Employee Handbook. For an employee handbook supplement for California employers containing customized workplace policies based on California state and local laws, see Employee Handbook Supplement (CA). The drafting notes, alternate clauses, and optional clauses address issues under both California and federal law. This template does not contain a section on meal and rest breaks. For a sample California-compliant meal period and rest break policy that you can incorporate into this template or use separately in conjunction with this template, see Meal and Rest Break Policy (CA). For a full listing of key content that can be used by in-house counsel to develop, revise, and implement a company's employee and third-party-related policies, see In-House Company Policies Resource Kit. For a full listing of key content covering employee handbook considerations, see Employee Handbook Resource Kit. For information on California laws concerning compensation and payroll practices, see the California row of the Wage and Hour State Practice Notes Chart. See also Timekeeping Checklist for Employers (CA). For state-specific templates on compensation and payroll practices, see the Pay and Benefits column of the Employment Policies State Expert Forms and Checklists Chart and the Compensation column of the Wage and Hour State Expert Forms Chart. For tracking of recent case law on compensation and payroll practices in California and other key federal, state, and local Labor & Employment legal developments, see Labor & Employment Key Legal Developments Tracker (Current).