Modesto, CA Employment Preemption: Worker Scheduling Preemption (2026)
Key Facts
- Local scheduling ordinance
- None
- State scheduling law
- None – no CA statewide rule
- CA baseline
- Reporting-time pay; split-shift premium
- Nearest CA city with rule
- San Francisco, Emeryville, Los Angeles
Summary
Modesto has enacted no local predictive or fair-workweek scheduling ordinance. California has no statewide predictive scheduling law. Only San Francisco, Emeryville, and Los Angeles have city-level scheduling mandates in California.
AB 1228, Holden. Fast food restaurant industry: Fast Food Council: health, safety, employment, and minimum wage. Existing law, which is suspended pursuant to a referendum petition, establishes, until January 1, 2029, the Fast Food Council (council) within the Department of Industrial Relations and prescribes its powers. Existing law, among other things, prescribes the purposes, duties, and limitations of the council, including a requirement that the council promulgate minimum fast food restaurant employment standards. Existing law sets standards for any minimum wage the council establishes. This bill would repeal those existing provisions on January 1, 2024, if a specified referendum is withdrawn by its proponents by that date.
Full Breakdown
A review of the Modesto Municipal Code and city ordinance archive confirms no local ordinance requiring advance schedule notice, predictability pay, or other fair-workweek protections for employees. California has no statewide predictive scheduling statute; the state's only scheduling-related baseline protections are reporting-time pay (at least 2 hours' pay if sent home early) and split-shift premiums under California IWC Wage Orders. Predictive scheduling laws exist in San Francisco (Retail Workers Bill of Rights, 2015), Emeryville (Fair Workweek Ordinance, 2017), and Los Angeles (effective April 2023 for large retailers). Modesto employers are governed solely by state wage and hour rules.
Violations & Fines
No local violation. State reporting-time pay violations are enforced by California Labor Commissioner; employees may recover unpaid wages plus penalties.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are Modesto retail employers required to post schedules in advance?
Could Modesto adopt a scheduling ordinance in the future?
Sources & Official References
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