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As local and state governments shift towards a full reopening of public and private work sectors, following an unprecedented year in which remote work became a strategy for dealing with a global pandemic, businesses are currently grappling with how to physically return employees to work. The California legislature is weighing into the mix by proposing two bills to provide employers and employees with more leeway to agree to mutually beneficial “flexible work schedules.”
Assembly Bill 230 (the Workplace Flexibility Act of 2021) and
Assembly Bill 1028 (the Telework Flexibility Act of 2021), introduced in February, would provide hourly employees with the right to request flexible work schedules to work up to four 10-hour days per week. With this request, the employer would not have to pay overtime for the 9th and 10th hours worked per day in that schedule. In addition, the Telework Flexibility Act of 2021 would