# Nonproductive time

A term used when buying auto body shop.

California's rule that a flat-rate technician's waiting time is paid on its own, apart from the flag pay.

Touch time counts the hours somebody worked on a car, and in California the rest of a flat-rate technician's day is paid separately. The rule covers anyone paid on a piece-rate basis, which is what flag hours are. Time under the employer's control that is not directly related to the piece, such as waiting on a part or a calibration, earns at least the minimum wage apart from any flag pay. Rest and recovery periods are paid on top, at the higher of the technician's average hourly rate and the minimum wage. The wage statement shows those hours, rates and pay on their own lines. An hourly base of at least the minimum wage for all hours satisfies the waiting-time half. So read a year of wage statements beside the touch-time report, because a California flat-rate shop whose statements show flag hours alone owes for every slow parts day.

Part of: Buying an Auto Body Shop (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-auto-body-shop)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-auto-body-shop/terms/nonproductive-time
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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