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title: "California OT Plan"
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# California OT Plan

## California Overtime Plan

California has one of the **most detailed** overtime policies in the U.S., with specific rules for **Daily OT**, **Weekly OT**, and **Double Time (DT)**. Zenople supports the **California OT Plan** with automatic OT and DT calculation logic based on state labor law.

### Setting up California OT Plan

To set up the California OT Plan, users will have the **“California OT Plan”** option available in the OT Plan setup fields. The following sections detail where the OT Plan can be configured:

- **Customer Service Profile**: In the **“Timesheet”** section of the **“Service Profile”** sub-navigation under the **“Sales and Service”** navigation on the Customer detail page, users can set the OT Plan to **California OT Plan**.
- **Job**: When adding or editing a **Scheduled Job** or a **Temp Job**, users can select **“California OT Plan”** from the **OT Plan** field in the **Show More** section.
- **Transaction**: Users can edit a transaction by selecting the **Edit Transaction** favorite action or the **Edit Transaction** option from the triple-dot menu on an individual transaction. From there, they can set the OT Plan to **California OT Plan**.

### California OT Rules

Overtime (1.5x Regular Rate) is required when an employee:

1. Works more than 8 hours in a workday
2. Works more than 40 hours in a Accounting Period (AP) and Pay Period (PPE)
3. If an employee works **seven days in a row within the same** **Accounting Period (AP) and Pay Period (PPE)**, then on the **seventh consecutive day**, the first **8 hours worked** must be paid at **1.5 times the regular rate**.

Double Time (2x Regular Rate) is required when an employee:

1. Works more than 12 hours in a single day (8 RT, 4 OT).
2. Works more than 8 hours on the 7th consecutive day.

### Zenople by Aqore’s California OT Plan logic

Zenople handles OT and DT by automatically splitting hours into:

- **Daily RT**
  - An employee is eligible to work up to **8 hours per day** as Regular Time (RT).
- **Daily OT (1.5x)**
  - If an employee works **more than 8 hours in a single workday**, the next **up to 4 hours** (i.e., hours 9 to 12) are recorded as Overtime (OT) and are paid at **1.5 times the regular hourly rate**..
- **Daily DT (2x)**
  - If an employee works **more than 12 hours in a single workday**, any hours **beyond 12** are recorded as Double Time (DT) and are paid at **2 times the regular hourly rate**.
- **Weekly RT**
  - An employee can work up to **40 hours per workweek** as Regular Time (RT).
- **Weekly OT (1.5 X)**
  - If an employee works more than **40 total hours in a workweek**, and the excess hours have **not already been recorded as Daily OT or DT**, they are recorded as Weekly Overtime (OT) and paid at **1.5 times the regular hourly rate**.
- **Seventh Consecutive Days RT**
  - No hours worked on the 7th consecutive day within a single workweek are classified as Regular Time.
- **Seventh Consecutive Days OT (1.5X)**
  - The first **8 hours** worked on the 7th consecutive day are recorded as Overtime and paid at **1.5× the regular hourly rate**.
- **Seventh Consecutive Days DT (2X)**
  - Any hours **in excess of 8** on the 7th consecutive day are recorded as Double Time and paid at **2× the regular hourly rate**.

***Important: OT and DT are not double-counted. Daily rules take precedence over weekly.***

## Example Scenarios

### Example 1: Employee works 13 hours per day, 5 days a week (no 7th day involved)

| Day | Total Hours | Regular Hours | Overtime Hours | Double Time Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monday | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Tuesday | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Wednesday | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Thursday | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Friday | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Saturday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| **Total** | **65** | **40** | **20** | **5** |

### Example 2: Employee works 7 hours/day for 6 days, and 5 hours on the 7th day

| Day | Total Hours | Regular Hours | Overtime Hours | Double Time Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monday | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuesday | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Wednesday | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Thursday | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Friday | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Saturday | 7 | 5 | 2 *(Weekly OT)* | 0 |
| Sunday | 5 | 0 | 5 *(7th consecutive days OT)* | 0 |
| **Total** | **47** | **40** | **7** | **0** |

### Example 3: Employee works all 7 days with 13 hours each day

| Day | Total Hours | Regular Hours | Overtime Hours | Double Time Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monday | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Tuesday | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Wednesday | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Thursday | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Friday | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Saturday | 13 | 0 | 12 *(Weekly OT)* | 1 *(Daily DT)* |
| Sunday | 13 | 0 | 8 *(7th consecutive days OT)* | 5 *(7th consecutive days DT)* |
| **Total** | **91** | **40** | **40** | **11** |