A laborer reports to a jobsite as scheduled but is sent home after only one hour because of a delivery delay. Under IWC Wage Order 16's reporting-time pay rule, what is the minimum the contractor must pay for that day?
Explanation
Wage Order 16 §5 requires that an employee who reports as scheduled and is furnished less than half the usual day's work be paid for half the scheduled hours, never less than two and never more than four, at the regular rate. Paying only the hour worked ignores reporting-time pay altogether. Eight hours is a guarantee the order does not give. And 'the hours worked were paid' is the same error stated as a conclusion: reporting-time pay is owed on top of time actually worked.
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