When is an employer required to pay overtime in California?

Under California law, employers are required to pay overtime at one and a half times an employee’s regular rate of pay for any hours worked beyond 8 in a day or 40 in a week, and for the first 8 hours worked on the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek. An employer must pay an employee double time for all hours worked beyond 12 in a day and for all hours worked beyond 8 hours on the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek.