{"data":{"id":"us-ca/lab-500","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"LAB § 500","heading":"","body":"For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n(a) “Workday” and “day” mean any consecutive 24-hour period commencing at the same time each calendar day.\n(b) “Workweek” and “week” mean any seven consecutive days, starting with the same calendar day each week. “Workweek” is a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours, seven consecutive 24-hour periods.\n(c) “Alternative workweek schedule” means any regularly scheduled workweek requiring an employee to work more than eight hours in a 24-hour period.","path":["Labor Code - LAB","DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION [200. - 2699.8.]","PART 2. WORKING HOURS [500. - 890.]","CHAPTER 1. General [500. - 558.1.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"a7a13d496d8c0d415cc4115ff031ef80d648048103023bf09bc26943115fa2b8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/lab-452","next":"us-ca/lab-510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}