Government Code section 19849.1

(a)

The department may provide by rule for compensation to employees who are required to report back to work after completion of the normal workday, workweek, or when otherwise off duty. In determining the rate and method of compensation, the department shall take into consideration the needs of state service and the practices prevailing in private business and other public employment.

(b)

If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

Source: Section 19849.1, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=19849.­1.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1981; accessed Sep. 14, 2026).

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