In California, there are certain types of payments that are excluded from the regular rate of pay.
Some of these payments that are excluded from the regular rate of pay are sums paid as gifts for special occasions, expense reimbursements, payments made for occasional periods when no work is performed due to vacation, holiday, illness, failure of the employer to provide sufficient work, premium pay for Saturday, Sunday, or holiday work, and discretionary bonuses.
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