Authored by Laura Reathaford
What is at stake for employers if their employees miss a meal break and a rest break in the same workday? Labor Code Section 226.7 provides a remedy for employees who miss their meal and/or rest breaks: “one hour of additional pay…for each workday that the meal or rest period is not provided.” However, few have
Continue Reading California Court Refuses To Cut Employers A Break On Missed Breaks
Co-authored by Kevin Young and Laura Reathaford
Does California law require employers to merely provide employees a meal break, or must they also ensure that such breaks are taken? For well over two years now, employers have waited for the California Supreme Court to decide a growing list of cases it has agreed to review, starting with Brinker Restaurant Corp.
Authored by Laura Reathaford
On January 20, 2011, the District Court for the Southern District of California granted Home Depot’s motion to dismiss a putative class action involving plaintiff’s claim for penalties associated with Home Depot’s purported failure to include earned vacation hours on employee itemized wage statements. Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that California Labor Code Section 226(a), which requires an