California regulates wages and hours of nonexempt employees by creating documents called Wage Orders. There are 17 Wage Orders. You must determine which Wage Order(s) govern your business and post a copy of the applicable order(s) in your workplace.

Recently, minor technical revisions were made to all 17 Wage Orders. These revisions reflect that the Division of Labor Statics Research was eliminated last year and that many of its previous functions are now handled by the Office of Policy, Research and Legislation.

The revisions also include changes to contact information for the various Division of Labor Standards Enforcement offices throughout the state.

Updated versions of all 17 Wage Orders can be downloaded from DIR. The Wage Orders are free of charge. 

California State Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su announced last week that a settlement of nearly $5 million has been reached in a statewide lawsuit filed to recover unpaid minimum wages for real estate agents working for a California company.