If you go to work and leave a few hours later for illness, do you still get paid? CALIFORNIA ONLY.?

This is for workers in the state of California: (CA Labor Code)

1.) Salaried positions (same weekly pay)
2.) Hourly positions
3.) Daily positions (Paid lump sum per day, which is probably illegal)

For instance, if there is a plumbing company who employs their office secretary to work LEGALLY for a daily pay rate, or even if it's hourly, and they threaten that they will not pay for any sick leave, is that legal?

What is the code?

What is the general rule for working and then leaving within the day after getting sick/not feeling well?

My source says that her boss threatened to not pay her if she appears at work ill and then has to leave early due to illness. She says specifically that he has to "turn her away" at the door (i.e. 'You're ill, go home.) in order to get paid.

She also has stated that her boss at the plumbing company does not pay sick leave/days/paid time off, thus she has not accrued any "time off" in the three years that she has been working for this plumber.

She also says that she works with no breaks or lunches, and stays over 8 hours without receiving any overtime.

This is for a plumber based in the San fernando Valley (Los Angeles area).

I'd appreciate any information about this for her.

Yes, you get overpaid, plus you get paid travel time and mileage to the doctor, paid prescriptions , very low co-pay, sick pay, cost of living pay increase, merit pay increase, and overtime pay if you are at the doctor longer then your regular off time.
All paid for on the backs of the private sector worker that has very few of these benefits.

Legally, she has to get breaks and lunches. As far as getting paid for illness... it is my understanding that they don't have to pay you for any time that you are not working.

Are you exempt? If so yes you still get paid.

If she is not paid hourly and a salary base paid then she is entitled to the money. There was a court decision on this and the employee won and was paid for all back pay. Tell her to document all OT. I recently received compensation from a non break/lunch case.

Did some research - it seems that CA did not codify anything concerning mandatory sick days. Unfortunate :( Here is some reading, though, see if this applies to her.

搂 510. "Day's work"; hours
(a) Eight hours of labor constitutes a day's work. Any work in excess of eight hours in one workday and any work in excess of 40 hours in any one workweek and the first eight hours worked on the seventh day of work in any one workweek shall be compensated at the rate of no less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for an employee. Any work in excess of 12 hours in one day shall be compensated at the rate of no less than twice the regular rate of pay for an employee. In addition, any work in excess of eight hours on any seventh day of a workweek shall be compensated at the rate of no less than twice the regular rate of pay of an employee. Nothing in this section requires an employer to combine more than one rate of overtime compensation in order to calculate the amount to be paid to an employee for any hour of overtime work.


搂 551. Right to day of rest
Every person employed in any occupation of labor is entitled to one day's rest therefrom in seven.