Do I need to pay my employee for a termination meeting?

Yes! California employers are required to pay their employees if they report to work, even if it is to be terminated. If this meeting is short, ensure you are paying your employee reporting time wages.

Reporting time requires California employers to pay employees for at least half of their shift if they report to work and actually work less than half of their scheduled shift. Attending a meeting to be terminated is considered work. Reporting time pay is a minimum of two hours and a maximum of four hours. For example, if an employee is regularly scheduled to work eight hours, reporting time pay would be four hours. If an employee is regularly scheduled to work 10 hours, reporting time pay would be four hours.

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