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San Francisco · FRERO · L.E.C. Art. 42 § 42.4 · formula retail 40+ worldwide / 20+ in SF

San Francisco pays 1, 2, or 4 hours at the regular rate when the schedule moves with less than seven days’ notice — and it has no clopening line in Article 42.

L.E.C. § 42.4(b) two weeks’ notice of work schedules. § 42.4(c)(2) predictability pay for an employer move, cancel, or required previously-unscheduled shift with less than seven days’ notice: 1 hour at the regular hourly rate if 24 hours or more remain; 2 hours if under 24 hours and the shift is four hours or less; 4 hours if under 24 hours and the shift is more than four hours. Unused on-call is 2 or 4 hours by on-call length (§ 42.4(d)). Formula retail 40+ establishments worldwide and 20+ employees in San Francisco, plus janitorial and security contractors — labeled, not gated. No rest-between-shifts dollar amount appears on the fetched pages, so none is computed.

Sourced lines: 1 / 2 / 4 hour predictability pay; unused on-call 2 or 4; no clopening

Pay lines are pinned to L.E.C. § 42.4 on Amlegal and the OLSE hub / rules / FAQ bodies fetched 28 August 2026. The workplace poster states schedules, predictability pay, and on-call; it does not reprint the 1/2/4 hour table.

Change with 30 hours’ notice, 8h @ $20 → $160 wages + $20 (1 hour)
Change with 12 hours’ notice on a 4-hour shift @ $20 → +$40 (2 hours)
Change with 12 hours’ notice on a 5-hour or 6-hour shift @ $20 → +$80 (4 hours — both are more than four hours under § 42.4(c)(2)(C))
No clopening / rest-between-shifts line

A 5-hour shift with 12 hours’ notice is not 2 hours of pay. The cutoff in the code is four hours or less versus more than four hours. Schedule-change exceptions in § 42.4(e) (operations cannot begin or continue, another employee’s unscheduled absence, mandatory overtime, employee-requested change or swap) turn the 1/2/4-hour and unused-on-call lines off — toggles default off so those premiums apply.

Coverage is a label, not a fake headcount check

The OLSE hub: chain stores with at least 40 formula retail establishments worldwide and 20 or more employees in San Francisco, as well as their janitorial and security contractors. § 42.4(g) applies the section to property services contractors as to work performed in San Francisco at a covered formula retail establishment. This calculator does not gate the math behind a checkbox for 40 stores or 20 SF employees.

In scope

  • Two weeks’ notice of work schedules (§ 42.4(b))
  • 1 hour at regular for a <7-day change with ≥24 hours’ notice
  • 2 hours at regular for a <24-hour change on a shift of 4 hours or less
  • 4 hours at regular for a <24-hour change on a shift of more than 4 hours
  • Unused on-call: 2 hours (≤4h) or 4 hours (>4h) at the regular hourly rate
  • Formula retail 40+ worldwide and 20+ employees in SF; janitorial/security contractors — disclosed
  • FLSA weekly 40 on hours worked

Out of scope

  • Clopening / rest-between-shifts pay (not in the fetched Art. 42 / OLSE bodies)
  • Chicago 1.25×, Philly $40, NYC $100, Seattle/Oregon/LA 1.5× rest lines
  • Philly/Oregon 14-day predictability pay (SF compensation is the 7-day / 24-hour table)
  • Successor-employer 90-day retention and part-time equal treatment as computed pay
  • Headcount / store-count eligibility as a calculator gate

FAQ

What is San Francisco predictability pay under § 42.4(c)(2)?

With less than seven days’ notice but 24 hours or more, one hour of pay at the employee’s regular hourly rate. With less than 24 hours’ notice: two hours for each shift of four hours or less, and four hours for each shift of more than four hours. That table applies to a previously scheduled shift the employer moves or cancels, and to a previously unscheduled shift the employer requires the employee to work. A change with 30 hours’ notice is +1h×rate. A change with 12 hours’ notice on a 4-hour shift is +2h×rate. A change with 12 hours’ notice on a 5-hour or 6-hour shift is +4h×rate, because both are more than four hours.

Is there a San Francisco clopening or rest-between-shifts premium?

No computed line. The fetched L.E.C. § 42.4 HTML, OLSE FRERO hub, OLSE Rules, OLSE FAQs (8 Aug 2025), and workplace poster do not contain a clopening or rest-between-shifts pay amount. This page does not invent one. Right-to-rest dollars on Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Oregon, LA, and NYC Fair Workweek pages are different statutes.

Who is covered?

Formula retail establishments with at least 40 formula retail establishments worldwide and 20 or more employees in San Francisco, plus their janitorial and security contractors (property services contractors as to work in San Francisco at a covered establishment). This calculator labels coverage and does not invent a headcount gate.

What about unused on-call?

L.E.C. § 42.4(d): two hours of pay at the regular hourly rate for each on-call shift of four hours or less that the employee is required to be available for but is not called in; four hours for each on-call shift of more than four hours. Subsection (d) does not apply when the employee is in fact called in. Schedule-change predictability pay in (c)(2) also applies to on-call shifts that are moved or cancelled.